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In a parliamentary democracy, the government is elected by the majority of the MPs in parliament. The political party that has the largest number of elected MPs normally forms the government. Sometimes, several parties have to join together in a coalition to form the government. In some countries, the elected MPs may move to... 

Singapore’s power structure is essentially an oligarchy or plutocracy of a very wealthy FamiLEE. It's a structural or systemic issue. A small group of people control and run Singapore. They have enough power to turn the country to benefit them and their cronies to the exclusion of others. They have become the only game in... 

There is a local Singapore joke that states that we are a very Christian country – we were run by the Father, the Son and the Holy Goh. This is a reference to our first Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, his son and our current Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong and the Holy Goh is our second Prime Minister, Mr. Goh Chok Tong. This...