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FILE PHOTO - Lee Hsien Yang, son of former leader Lee Kuan Yew, delivers his eulogy during the funeral service at the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore March 29, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE - The Singapore prime minister’s estranged brother has thrown his support behind a newly-formed opposition party in an intriguing twist ahead of elections expected to be held as soon as this year. In Facebook comments made late Sunday, Lee Hsien Yang said the ruling People’s Action Party - led by his brother Lee Hsien Loong and founded by his father Lee Kuan Yew - had “lost its way”.
His comments come amid a bitter feud with his brother over what to do with their late father’s house, and an election which some analysts say could be months away and must be held by early 2021 at the latest. “I wholeheartedly support the principles and values of the Progress Singapore Party,” Hsien Yang said in the post.The PAP - which has ruled Singapore since its independence over half a century ago and never seen its vote share drop below 60% - did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The newly-formed Progress Singapore Party is led by Tan Cheng Bock, a former PAP lawmaker who shot to prominence by nearly defeating a candidate backed by PM Lee in the 2011 presidential race.
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