A poll commissioned by Yahoo Singapore has confirmed what we've all quietly suspected all along — Tharman Shanmugaratnam is the people's choice for the next Prime Minister.
Way ahead of the likes of fellow Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean or Finance Minister Heng Swee Kiat, Tharman emerged as the clear frontrunner, according to a survey conducted by market research consultancy Blackbox. 69 percent out of 897 respondents expressed their support for Tharman as a candidate to be Prime Minister, while 55 percent named him as first choice to succeed PM Lee Hsien Loong.