Singapore’s PAP and PSP walkabout clash marks rising pre-election temperature


Volunteers from the ruling People’s Action Party and opposition Progress Singapore Party were allegedly involved in a scuffle at a walkabout in Bukit Gombak earlier in January. -- Photo: Tan Cheng Bock/Facebook

SINGAPORE (SCMP): A rare spat between two political parties in Singapore has emerged as the city state enters an election year, with volunteers from the ruling People’s Action Party and opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP) involved in a scuffle.

Former members of parliament and political observers told This Week in Asia that such a conflict between the parties reflected a more hotly contested ground ahead of a general election that must be held by November.

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