Its not for those stupid reasons he gave. The reason is Whore Jinx. She is the real reason.
Its known during the whole hooha over Oxley Rd that she comes and goes in the PMO like she is the boss. Like its her own office. She takes whatever she wants from that, and has complete free run of the place. She is the real power behind the Clown Prince. Things like appointing Lucien to be AG just so that she can get at Shengwu when the previous AG PK Rajah would not is an example. Same for going after Hsien Yang's wife Suet Fern. Pinky is a sick person. When he dies, we will know just how sick he was during this time in office. She is holding the fort down. He rarely makes public appearances and announcements, even during the peak of the Covid crisis. He disappears for weeks. He is just not physically able to do it anymore and should have stepped down years ago. But she is insisting that he stays put. The reason will be discussed later.
Its not a coincidence that Whore Jinx is stepping down in Oct from Temasek Holdings. This has already be announced. I suppose the plan was that Pinky takes his well deserved rest when Ah Heng takes over, and The Jinx continues to still run the PMO as her own domain to supervise Ah Heng. Heng is the seat warmer before The Red One is ready. Heng accepts that he will be the seat warmer very much in the same vein that Wooden accepted that he will be the seat warmer for Pinky. The PMO is probably now the study room for the Red One right now to learn the ins and outs of being a PeeM. Ah Heng was supposed to mentor The Red One and at the same time allow The Jinx full excess to the PMO for continued in situ tutoring of the Red One. But imagine the added stress of having an overbearing bitch who thinks she is smart hovering over him and sticking her nose in everything. That will fast track him to another stroke. But He does not have the balls to tell the Jinx to fuck off, so the next best thing is to resign.
Right now, they are in process of selecting the most pliant obedient moron out there to replace Heng. It will be Kee Chiu. The problem with The Red One is that he has no support base. Old Fart created an entire support base for Pinky, called SAFOS. Where he used the veil of SAF Scholar generalship as a qualification for high office in Singapore. That is what kept Pinky in power, with all the ex SAF scholar genitals behind him. The Red One is working in GovTech trying to buff his resume with dubious app developments. At some point in time, he will be rolled out as a tech savvy future leader to lead S'pore in a technology driven world. If SAF Generals with 25 years in the SAF can be parachuted into a Minister position overnight, you better believe they can do the same for the Red One.
Heng's resignation was a speed bump for the Whore Jinx and the Red One. But only temporary.
