What is Senior Minister?
{{redlinks|date=November 2011}} '''Senior Minister''' ({{zh|s=国务资政|t=國務資政}}, used to be called 内阁资政／內閣資政 before [[12 August]] 2004, {{lang-ms|Menteri Kanan}}) is a [[politician|political office]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)|Prime Minister's Office]]. The job of Senior Minister in the [[Politics of Singapore|political system of]] [[Singapore]] is taken by a [[prime minister]] or senior cabinet minister when he or she [[retire]]s from that office, but still can help the government with their long experience. However, some opposition critics say that the job of senior minister shows no respect for the [[opposition (politics)|political opposition]] in Singapore<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/special-feature/320-autocrat-see-autocrat-do |title=Autocrat see, autocrat do |date=December 21, 2007 |accessdate=September 24, 2011 |author=Chee Soon Juan |archive-date=December 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211184659/http://yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/special-feature/320-autocrat-see-autocrat-do |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.singapore-window.org/sw04/040721dj.htm | title=S'pore stays course; Lee may remain Fin Min while PM | work=Dow Jones | date=July 21, 2004 | agency=Dow Jones Newswires | accessdate=September 24, 2011 | author=Lim, Kevin | location=Singapore | archive-date=June 20, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620223944/http://singapore-window.org//sw04/040721dj.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the reliance of Singapore on a [[dominant-party system]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=396 | title=Dynasty For Singapore | work=The Australian | date=26 January 2001 | accessdate=September 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/05/singapore_politics | title=Singapore Politics - Not fade away | publisher=The Economist | date=May 16, 2011 | accessdate=September 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.singapore-window