Mr Yeo recalled, “I was among a few whom PM Lee thought could beat Tan Cheng Bock.'
Mr Yeo recalled, “I was among a few whom PM Lee thought could beat Tan Cheng Bock."
The former politician added that PM Lee’s late father, founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew also urged him to throw his hat into the ring for the presidential election. Mr Yeo, however, stressed to PM Lee that he “was not going to stand if he had another candidate in mind”. Dr Tony Tan narrowly won the election with 35.20 per cent of the vote, compared to the 34.85 per cent Dr Tan Cheng Bock garnered in the four-cornered fight.
Mr Yeo’s revelations make clear that the PM and his father were worried about Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s popularity and, possibly, the kind of President he could have been. Interestingly, Mr Yeo’s remarks also make it clear that the People’s Action Party is very concerned as to who will occupy the President’s seat.
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