SINGAPORE – In the 2020 General Election, the call to deny the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) a “blank cheque” resonated with the electorate, who voted to increase the number of opposition MPs in Parliament.

The phrase came from then Workers’ Party candidate Jamus Lim, who in a televised debate with Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, said: “What we are trying to deny the PAP is not a mandate. What we’re trying to deny them is a blank cheque.”

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