“I believe this is the right thing to do and something most Singaporeans will accept,” the Singaporean prime minister said in a statement.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said today that tensions between the United States and China and the Russia-Ukraine war are affecting security in the Asia-Pacific region.
“We can expect more geopolitical contestation in the Asia-Pacific region,” he said, adding that Singapore would make every effort not to get caught up in the “rivalry between major powers”.
Deteriorating relations between the US and China make it “almost impossible” to cooperate on pressing global issues such as climate change, pandemics and nuclear proliferation, he said in his speech on the city-state’s national holiday.
The prime minister also announced that his government will soon repeal the law, a holdover from British colonial rule, that criminalizes sex between men.
“The government will repeal (the law) and decriminalize sex between men. I believe this is the right thing to do and something most Singaporeans will accept going forward,” he added during the speech, clarifying that he would continue to “defend” marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
“Even when we repeal Section 377A of the penal code, we will uphold and preserve the institution of marriage… Under the law, only marriages between a man and a woman are recognized in Singapore,” Lee added.
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