Kuala Lampur, July 12 -- The People's Action party with 83 seats and the Workers Party with 10 seats.

That is the bottom line.

The party that has ruled Singapore since independence will continue to lead Singapore with a super majority. This means it can not only pass any legislation it chooses to, but it can even alter the fundamental Constitution using its two-thirds majority of parliamentary seats.

There has, therefore, been no change to the basic status quo.

But under this fact, there are all sorts of developments that make 2020 rather interesting.

While the results do not really alter the balance of political power for the PAP, the results are something of a setback.

The party, which is among the longest serving continuously rul...