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For a development which should not have been a surprise, DPM Heng Swee Keat’s decision to step aside as the 4G leader to become the next Prime Minister had many observers working overtime with their analyses. “Why did he do it? What happened? Who will now be the next PM?”. The greater surprise would have been if he had stayed on despite everything. His position had looked untenable.
“GE2020 was a referendum on Heng Swee Keat as the anointed next PM. He did not do well”: This was the headline for a column I wrote on July 12, 2020, just after the results.