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SINGAPORE — Progress Singapore Party leader Tan Cheng Bock on Saturday (March 28) reiterated his call for the Government not to hold the General Election (GE) during the Covid-19 pandemic, adding that even if polls cannot take place by the deadline of April 2021, it is a potential constitutional problem that “does not infect people” nor “take away the life of loved ones”.
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“If the Government chooses to call an early GE, they will expose over 2.6 million Singaporeans to Covid 19 which will run the risk of creating a health crisis,” he said in a video message posted on the party’s Facebook page.
“So here is the choice: Hold an early election and cause a far worse health crisis. Or delay the GE to 2021 and face a possible constitutional problem if no GE can be held by April 2021?”
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In the Facebook post, Dr Tan also attached a list of countries and cities which he said have postponed elections in the light of the Covid-19 situation. The list, taken from Swedish-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, includes countries such as the United States, Iran, Austria, among others.
Dr Tan was responding to Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean’s comments made in Parliament on Wednesday that it would be unconstitutional for the Government to hold a GE after the deadline of April 2021 unless a state of emergency is declared.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...-it-does-not-infect-people-covid-19-tan-cheng
SINGAPORE — Progress Singapore Party leader Tan Cheng Bock on Saturday (March 28) reiterated his call for the Government not to hold the General Election (GE) during the Covid-19 pandemic, adding that even if polls cannot take place by the deadline of April 2021, it is a potential constitutional problem that “does not infect people” nor “take away the life of loved ones”.
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“If the Government chooses to call an early GE, they will expose over 2.6 million Singaporeans to Covid 19 which will run the risk of creating a health crisis,” he said in a video message posted on the party’s Facebook page.
“So here is the choice: Hold an early election and cause a far worse health crisis. Or delay the GE to 2021 and face a possible constitutional problem if no GE can be held by April 2021?”
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In the Facebook post, Dr Tan also attached a list of countries and cities which he said have postponed elections in the light of the Covid-19 situation. The list, taken from Swedish-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, includes countries such as the United States, Iran, Austria, among others.
Dr Tan was responding to Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean’s comments made in Parliament on Wednesday that it would be unconstitutional for the Government to hold a GE after the deadline of April 2021 unless a state of emergency is declared.
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...-it-does-not-infect-people-covid-19-tan-cheng