{"id":4317,"date":"2023-11-05T01:10:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T05:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/singapores-lee-says-hell-hand-over-power-before-next-election\/05\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-05T01:10:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T05:10:26","slug":"singapores-lee-says-hell-hand-over-power-before-next-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/singapores-lee-says-hell-hand-over-power-before-next-election\/05\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore\u2019s Lee Says He\u2019ll Hand Over Power Before Next Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(Bloomberg) &#8212; Singapore Prime Minister <button class=\"caas-xray-inline caas-xray-entity caas-xray-pill\" data-ylk=\"cid:Lee_Hsien_Loong;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" data-entity-id=\"Lee_Hsien_Loong\">Lee Hsien Loong<\/button> said he will hand over power to his successor <button class=\"caas-xray-inline caas-xray-entity caas-xray-pill\" data-ylk=\"cid:Lawrence_Wong;pos:2;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" data-entity-id=\"Lawrence_Wong\">Lawrence Wong<\/button> before the country\u2019s next general election, and the transition could come as early as 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Most Read from Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have full confidence in Lawrence and his team and there\u2019s no reason to delay the political transition,\u201d Lee said during the ruling party\u2019s convention on Sunday. \u201cTherefore, I intend to hand over to DPM Lawrence before the next general election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement marks another step taken in the People\u2019s Action Party\u2019s carefully managed political succession as Lee, 71, seeks to step aside after nearly two decades in power. Deputy Prime Minister Wong, 50, is his heir apparent and has been tapped to lead the so-called fourth generation of party leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf all goes well, I will hand over by the PAP\u2019s 70th birthday next year,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92023 Bloomberg L.P.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/singapore-lee-says-ll-hand-035943136.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Bloomberg) &mdash; Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he will hand over power to his successor Lawrence Wong before the country&rsquo;s<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/singapores-lee-says-hell-hand-over-power-before-next-election\/05\/11\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}