FM Yeo gives indication on GE date
By Channel NewsAsia's IndoChina Bureau Chief Anasuya Sanyal
| Posted: 26 January 2011 1452 hrs
CHIANGRAI, Thailand: Foreign Minister George Yeo has
given an indication of when he thinks the General Election will be
called.
He was speaking to Singapore media in Chiangrai, before an ASEAN
foreign ministers road trip from Thailand to China.
"Presidential elections will be in the third quarter. SM Goh said a
key decision to make for the Prime Minister is whether to have
general elections before or after the presidential election.
"I told my grassroots that we should be prepared from the end of
March onwards after the budget debate. I think the most likely
window will be the second quarter of this year.
"If it's not the second quarter, then it will be after the
presidential election, because you can't have the two together. It
will confuse the issues in people's minds, but this is - I'm not
speaking from inside knowledge.
"This is something the Prime Minister has to decide and it's
something he will decide at the appropriate time."
Presidential elections are due by August this year, and the General
Election is due by February 2012.
- CNA/fa
He has already said this a few days ago, why is he repeating it
again?
I'm sure the majority has already decide which party to vote
for, no matter when the election will be.