SSS in the News | The Big Read: S’pore’s political succession goes beyond finding the next PM
TODAY
The political analysts and observers whom TODAY spoke to noted that there is no hard-and-fast rule that a Prime Minister for Singapore must check off the right boxes, in terms of having led certain key ministries. Nevertheless, they agreed that it is important for the next Prime Minister to be exposed to multiple portfolios in order to gain a broad overview of different policy areas. NTU political scientist Woo Jun Jie said this is especially important since political leadership is becoming increasingly coordinative in nature, rather than top-down managerial. This means that the next Prime Minister will need to know a little bit about every portfolio, in order to work with his cabinet colleagues to coordinate their policy efforts.
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