President Tharman accepts PM Lee's resignation, endorses DPM Wong as new PM

Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on May 13 accepted the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and endorsed the appointment of Lawrence Wong as the successor. President Tharman met Mr Lee and Mr Wong separately at the Istana and exchanged a series of letters to formalise the leadership handover. Sabrina Ng reports.

[@ageeibc6029]

I am sure with heavy hearts we neighbouring countries are watching this resignation closely. Thanks so much for good relationships we encountered during your Premiership. A Big Thank You.

[@JojoJoget]

Not like Tharman could say no.

[@HawkishMerlion1965]

This proofs that whatever PAP do, also plan far ahead. Singapore is safe and will continue to prosper under PAP! Vote PAP,u huat,I huat, all Singaporeans huat ah!

[@JojoJoget]

@@HawkishMerlion1965 shut up bot, that has nothing to do with what i said

[@davidchen3503]

As per law President can and only can endorse someone who enjoy support of majority MP to be PM.

[@canopyfields]

The narrative already written and obeyed

[@youtubet3e416]

Accept your boss’s resignation

[@LonganLee]

English is an art form. Lawyers depend on it for their luxury lifestyles in the ivory tower

[@kelvinth30]

Yeah man :) . The Boss last time giving speech Tharman was there rallying as subordinate then. Then his Boss asked him to coming his own Boss. That will never happen in corporate

[@alanbak167]

Who is boss😅

[@LonganLee]

I not worried cos he is still in the cabinet

[@sudiptoghosh3861]

Highest paid Ministers of the world in a tiny island, doing their own thing. The world is not bothered.

[@HawkishMerlion1965]

This proofs that whatever PAP do, also plan far ahead. Singapore is safe and will continue to prosper under PAP! Vote PAP,u huat,I huat, all Singaporeans huat ah!

[@HawkishMerlion1965]

😂😂😂 u very ignorance lor. SGD is call USD of Asia. No influence???? 😂😂😂

[@oyu7505]

@sudip. The world is not bothered? Maybe no so.

[@JojoJoget]

@@HawkishMerlion1965lmao no its not

[@sharpenedninths2768]

wayang to the max

[@kelvinth30]

I don't care who is leader , and how the government was run . What negative messages was posted in these comments . Just maintain our way of life for the next 30-40 years please. For that i thank all previous PMs for doing a great job

[@LonganLee]

I fully enjoyed the state media video with praisings of our leaders. The most trustable media of asia and some say the world

[@TKLau1990]

😂

[@HawkishMerlion1965]

This proofs that whatever PAP do, also plan far ahead. Singapore is safe and will continue to prosper under PAP! Vote PAP,u huat,I huat, all Singaporeans huat ah!

[@LonganLee]

@@HawkishMerlion1965 ya, investments returns best if planned 2 generations into the future. The future gen will know how good the results are. If investment lose money now, now worries. Hold for another generation

[@alvinkoh3248]

Only step down as PM but he is still going to take the roll as SM..unless you get out..otherwise we call it LPPL

[@brihotdaimari9137]

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[@tonykwok9763]

OWNSELF......OWNSELF... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@madkhaliqfarhan]

With LHL as SM, the "Lee" influence is still strong...

[@kelvinth30]

Yeah man , remember Goh era . LKY was the most influencial person actually

[@madkhaliqfarhan]

@@kelvinth30 Imagine how hard it is to be Goh Chok Tong? You're the Prime Minister but your former boss is now your Senior Minister and his son is your deputy! Thankfully, Lawrence Wong won't have to go through the same stress as Goh because Li Hongyi is not his deputy! Phew!

[@JojoJoget]

No more Lees though, all of LHL’s spawn are fairies

[@hiroyukishinichi9873]

❤❤❤

[@LonganLee]

Some felt TM should have been the PM. But i would choose the higher salary President post if i were him. I may run for election if public servants can accept gifts from close friends and deal with them on certain projects like F1. Anyone know the answer?

[@lyeseng]

Successor, my arse. Lee Hsien Loong is still calling the shots in the background as 'Senior Minister'. He will become 'Ah Kong' (grandfather) Minister when Lawrence Wong 'retires' who will then become 'Senior Minister'.

[@GASIA-cw8iw]

Ho Ching can continue to influence the policies of Singapore from behind the curtain. Ha ha ha!

[@richardhurts4241]

bye

[@GASIA-cw8iw]

Lee 阿斗, your lovely Foreign Talent set my air-con discharge point higher than the pipe behind it. This technology is called water retention. You can understand bo? Skillsfuture can solve the deep structural problem you and your mediocre team have created? The Great Asia has spent more than 30 years helping you to train Foreign Talents! From manufacturing industry to food industry to service industry, which sector of Singapore economy is not in trouble? Do you think China, Japan, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and etc etc will wait for little Singapore to make progress slowly? Do you know why Chinese and Thais are not coming to Singapore to work as construction workers? 阿斗, do you know who is 阿斗？ Ha ha ha!

[@jessicaregina1956]

If didnt accept then how? Must continue serving?😂

[@HawkishMerlion1965]

This proofs that whatever PAP do, also plan far ahead. Singapore is safe and will continue to prosper under PAP! Vote PAP,u huat,I huat, all Singaporeans huat ah!

[@oyu7505]

​@@HawkishMerlion1965. Yes, vote PAP, huat-huat!

[@deschan2246]

Thats wayang

[@mohamedsidik5368]

Highest paid Ministers on the earth further tiny island too many Ministers at the helm.

[@Iknow-mw8rf]

So pm lee became s. minister, for money sake he still stay in pap party.

[@tonykwok9763]

YOU.....PRESIDENT I.....PM YOU....PM I PRESIDENT🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@chaiboileeds]

autocratic rule

[@5kplamse]

SIBEH WAYANG LEH....

[@JC-uz3ey]

I hope the incoming government can address rising costs, and Singaporeans being a minority in their own country. I would like to see us invest in sustainable energy with a nuclear reactor which will cut logistical costs for organisations and civillians, and the possibility of exploring space (lunar mining maybe?). If things weren't so grim, people would be more confident in bringing new life to boost population numbers. We have already seen what unchecked immigration has done to certain countries, let's learn from their mistakes and not repeat them.

[@Hujjathullah-fz7qh]

You are a rare exception here. You have offered mostly sensible pointers for the incoming government to pursue. 😂

[@NewmaticKe]

Its the same government. What incoming?

[@Hujjathullah-fz7qh]

@@NewmaticKe . This is just to assume that a change of guard comes with some independence and own style a la Goh !

[@francoisperrin7397]

About Singaporean being the minority in Singapore, late LKY addressed this a long time ago, Singaporean women must have at least 4 kids to make SG self-sufficient in manpower. That has never been the case. About nuclear power, it's a long-term and complex investment. Sweden and Finland have it since a long time but SG is a young country, I'm not sure it would be their top priority for the next decades.

[@JC-uz3ey]

@@francoisperrin7397 The nuclear plant was already in the works before the Fukushima incident, which put the project on hiatus. We should put it back in the national workplan. As for the population issue, please do not mistake total population for native population. The focus must always be on the native population, not the workforce. We have no choice to accept people to work in the nation, but never forget that migrant populations owe no loyalty to the country, and that we have to rely on our own to defend our nation. We know the factors behind shrinking populations. We could implement social policies to grow the population for the next 20 years, but this runs parallel to the GDP expectations that the government pegs as their KPI, hence unlikely to happen if we keep up this short sightness.

[@PhatBite]

👎🏻

[@nextlastChang]

Mr. Lee, Thank you for the job well-done being loud mouthpiece of the Chinese government for the last 20 years, sir!

[@WasLostButNowAmFound]

Lee Hsien Loong went to Taiwan when he was PM designate. And angered China. What mouthpiece you bot? 😂

[@HawkishMerlion1965]

U must be a WP supporter, WP are pro western culture. Look at Jamus lim talk about gender fluid in parliament. And PS only one English to be our national language. WP is pro USA so u want Singaporeans to go to war in nameof democracy?

[@diseler1]

Nice propaganda by the best state media in the world 😂

[@douglasang3527]

Full of Wayang ! Singaporeans want a new Government ! 😅

[@fafafifufu]

Do not speak for the rest of us. Not everyone shares the same opinion as you! And no one assigned you to be our spokeperson. Grow up and be a real man. Let everyone know that whatever opinion that you have. It is strictly yours and only you!

[@oyu7505]

​@@fafafifufuU r right! I want PAP for sure

[@JojoJoget]

@@fafafifufuplease, this is Singapore, you don’t have an opinion, you merely have what the government tells you think

[@fafafifufu]

@JojoJoget did I say that I agree and approve with the government? Do not put words in my mouth? All I literally say was... "do no try to speak for everyone because some people might not agree or align with you." Are you so dumb that it is hard for you to understand that everyone has their rights to their own opinion. And everyone has their own different views about the government.

[@fafafifufu]

@JojoJoget like you, have a smarter opinion. Then... why don't you be the government instead. See if you can run Singapore better and take our tiny country to greater heights. You are just one of those losers who are only capable of running your mouth but can't produce a single result!

[@jimw8615]

Rubbish title. I accept the Sun rise from the east.

[@user-zd7qj1yb9d]

The one tat spoke abt finding ways to attract more nurses frm sri lanka n india to work as nurses here gets promoted to minister of state. Wat a joke😂😂

[@martinarchie2902]

Tharman isn’t the one with the power

[@lllengl.9660]

Gong gong gong Bee Lam

[@nswsw]

This is a joke right? HAHA P.s. i know its not, its funny. Dont be dense.

[@oyu7505]

U r the joker, so it's not a joke!

[@nswsw]

@@oyu7505 dense

[@jimmylim736]

Is for formality and historic record purposes. Seems funny but have to.

[@martinbrock713]

How Singapore is “maturing” in the way the people solve problems, especially with an “open mind” and “real willingness” to accept change.

[@chaiboileeds]

dictatorship max .

[@martinarchie2902]

The PAP government has become decadent,” he said. “Decadence in the way that it has reached the zenith of its achievements and these are considerable achievements.”

[@user-cl3ke3gy2f]

the HAN DYNESTY prospered 4 1,000+ YEARS....THE ROMAN EMPIRE lasted thousands of years.......singapore under PAP will b relavant for 10,000 years

[@martinbrock713]

The Ridout saga demonstrates yet again why we need to change the Government so that the light of day can be shone into all those corners where LHL, his Ministers and friends and cronies have so successfully evaded scrutiny.

[@HawkishMerlion1965]

😂😂😂 if WP not willingly to take over government, so what changes? Only fool go vote WP! I will vote other opposition but not WP!

[@martinarchie2902]

We do not need to observe politics for too long before realizing that hypocrisy is the natural scent of our politics here. It is a stench that pervades much of what is said and policies that are enacted...

[@tankangpoh7918]

原来你是这么小心眼的工人党党员😔😞

[@NewmaticKe]

Clowns who dont know when to take a break

[@martinarchie2902]

Professor Tan described the PAP has been entrenched in the form of “an elite entitlement, defensive mindset, prickly personality and a dogmatic ideology that still dares to call itself pragmatic”

[@NewmaticKe]

You've been toiling at this for years, anything to show for?

[@MariAmmaSar]

Another unelected man takes on the PM role, Rishi Sunak rinse and repeat

[@kelvinth30]

PM is chosen within the party , and party was chosen by the people.

[@kokloketan1177]

It's a British parliamentary system that Singapore has followed..

[@kokloketan1177]

​@@kelvinth30👍

[@xianlonglee-ty6qe]

After the swearing in ceremony on 15th May, LHL would lose all power under the Constitution. This would be the best opportunity for Singaporeans to remove the Lee family's influence in Singapore politics. Incoming PM LW and President TS should coordinate effort and direct the CPIB to look into LHL and HC for allege corruption. Use this as pretext to remove them.

[@madkhaliqfarhan]

Nah, LHL would become Senior Minister...