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SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said he has called a general election now as the world is undergoing profound changes, becoming more uncertain, unsettled and even unstable, and Singaporeans have to decide on the team that should lead the nation.

“The global conditions that enabled Singapore’s success over the past decades may no longer hold,” he said on his social media accounts on April 15.

“That is why I have called this General Election. At this critical juncture, Singaporeans should decide on the team to lead our nation, and to chart our way forward together.”

PM Wong’s posts came shortly after he advised President Tharman Shanmugaratnam to dissolve Parliament and issue the Writ of Election. Nomination Day is on April 23, and Singaporeans will head to the polls on May 3.

The upcoming election is PM Wong’s first as Prime Minister and secretary-general of the PAP.

At an April 12 press conference to announce his Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC team, he stressed that the world is looking at a messy and unpredictable transition to a completely different, new global order.

“There is a gathering storm and we are flying straight into turbulence,” he said.

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

Leading the ruling party into election, PM Wong said then that he would present the PAP’s case to Singaporeans, and that he hopes Singaporeans will give him and his team the chance to do their best for the people in these difficult times.

He also said then that the ruling party will field more than 30 new candidates – the largest in recent history – in its 2025 slate.

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