Case of whoever move, lose first.
PAP move first, lose to a loser. Because the gangster leader is incompetent is a case of his own people saboed him to get the leader into more troubles and they just watch the leader react. They did this to throw out their incompetent leader and not as what you think they suppork him?
斩草除根 infighting among the gang now. LKY started out as a gangster government and gangsters will collapsed with infighting among themselves.