PAP Has Finalised Election Slate; Includes More Than 30 New Faces: PM Wong

This Is The Largest Number Of New Candidates It Has Fielded In Recent History

- Osmond Chia

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on April 12 that the PAP has finalised its slate of candidates for the upcoming general election, which will be held at a time of great global uncertainty.

He revealed that the PAP will field more than 30 new candidates—the largest in recent history—in its 2025 slate.

They will be introduced, constituency by constituency, in the coming days.

"There is a gathering storm and we are flying straight into turbulence," said PM Wong at a press conference where he announced his team for the Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC.

"In such conditions, who you have in the cockpit matters," he said. "Singaporeans will have to decide on the team they trust to navigate the storm and chart the way forward for our nation."

He added: "I take this responsibility seriously, because the stakes are high for ourselves and our families and for our future and for Singapore's place in the world."

It is a very different world, he stressed. Not only is there economic uncertainty, but the world is also looking at a transition to a completely different, new global order. "It will be messy, it will be unpredictable. It may even be unstable," he said.

Fears of a trade war continue to escalate after sweeping trade tariffs were imposed by the US government on countries worldwide, including Singapore.