Meritocracy Over Electoral Democracy

“Lee Kuan Yew emphasizes that the purpose of a political system is not to organize elections but to produce good government. In other words, those in positions of responsibility should be the most competent and of impeccable honesty.”

“Chinese path was found by Deng; it is none other than the one professed and implemented by Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore: an authoritarian and meritocratic republic, an interventionist and social state managed by an elite serving the general interest within the framework of a market economy.”