With Budget 2024, is the PAP gearing up for a GE this year?

Even with a comprehensive set of measures to uplift Singaporeans, the Government still has unfinished business to attend to before it decides to call an election.

The Forward Singapore roadmap set out by the 4G leadership forms the backbone of Budget 2024. ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG
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2024 marks an unbroken run of 65 years since the People’s Action Party (PAP) took the reins of power in 1959.

At the threshold of a generational change in its top leadership, the fourth-generation (4G) leaders must earn the trust and confidence of Singaporeans and demonstrate that it is equal to the task of leading Singapore in a more challenging era.

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