Singapore polls: PAP set to extend power in elections

Tan Cheng Bock (left), secretary-general of the opposition Progress Singapore Party, gives a fist bump to People's Action Party candidate Muhammad Faisal Ibrahim during a walkabout ahead of the general election in Singapore on July 5, 2020. - AFP

SINGAPORE (AP): Singaporeans vote Friday (July 10) in Southeast Asia’s first election since the coronavirus pandemic began, with the health crisis and a grim economy expected to bolster Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s party and extend its unbroken rule.

While victory seems secure for Lee’s People Action Party, the entry of his estranged younger brother into the political fray has given the opposition some hope of expanding its toehold in parliament.