Singapore Election Mandarin Debate

The parties invited for the debates are the people s action party progress singapore party psp workers party and singapore democratic party sdp.

Singapore election mandarin debate. It will be called singapore votes 2020 the political. Besides the english debate there was a chinese debate conducted on channel 8 an hour later involving pap s ong ye kung psp s leong mun wai and sdp s bryan lim on the same day jul 1. The two general election 2020 political debates will be conducted in english and mandarin on channel 5 and 8 respectively this evening.

Since the 1980 general election political parties that field at least six candidates under a recognised party symbol are eligible for airtime on free to air radio and television. General elections in singapore must be held within three months after five years have elapsed from the date of the first sitting of a particular parliament of singapore however in most cases parliament is dissolved and a general election called at the behest of the prime minister before the five year period elapses. The 2020 singaporean general election was a general election held in singapore on 10 july 2020.

President halimah yacob dissolved parliament on 23 june 2020 on the advice of prime minister lee hsien loong it elected members of parliament to the 14th parliament of singapore since singapore s independence in 1965 using the first past the post electoral system. Singapore july 1 two political debates on the 2020 general election one in english and the other in mandarin will be aired live today. Mediacorp has invited the four political parties fielding the most.

Imda announced in a release on 1 july 2020 the allocated airtime for free to air radio and television for party political broadcasts ppbs during general election ge 2020. The number of constituencies or electoral divisions is not permanently fixed. The four parties fielding the most candidates at singapore s general election were invited to take part in a ge2020 political debate hosted by mediacorp wh.

Nicholas yong yahoo news singapore singapore the workers party wp has explained its decision not to send a candidate to participate in a televised general election debate in mandarin on national television on wednesday 1 july. Former party chief low thia khiang seated was also present.