In what seems to be the culmination of
several months of rising tension in the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), six key members of
its central executive committee (CEC) have resigned from the party.
Yahoo!
Singapore has learned that its first assistant secretary-general
Wilfred Leung, second assistant secretary-general Benjamin Pwee,
organising secretary Ting Sze Jiang, Malay/Muslim Affairs head Mohamad
Hamim bin Aliyas, his wife, who is also a member of the party CEC, and
SME businessmen affairs head David Tan all submitted notice of their
resignations from the party to secretary-general Chiam See Tong and chairman Sin Kek Tong in the
days leading up to and on Friday evening.
Last week, it emerged
that Leung and Pwee had advised the CEC of their intention to decline being re-elected, while Tan
was the first to inform the committee of his decision to resign from the
party.
Tan told Yahoo! Singapore on Friday, “My reason
is my sense of belief that one or two key CEC members are not willing
(to accommodate) a complete change over for collective leadership and
accountability, and that being the case, my presence in the party will
not add credible value.”
He added that the decision to leave the
party was a difficult one for both himself and “several like-minded CEC
members”, whom he did not identify.
Yahoo! Singapore also understands that several other CEC members, including long-time
veterans and loyal supporters of Mr and Mrs Chiam, may be submitting
their resignations on Saturday.
Another source said at one
point, Mrs Chiam had even threatened to commence legal proceedings
against a key CEC member.
The mass exodus comes ahead of the
party’s annual congress, scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the SPP
headquarters at Siang Kuang Avenue.
Despite repeated attempts,
Mrs Chiam could not be reached for comment.
Six Singapore People’s Party members resign
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Six Singapore People’s Party members resign
By
Jeanette Tan | Yahoo!
Newsroom – 11 hours ago
Members of the Singapore People's Party at a post-election mobile rally thanking residents in Potong Pasir and Bishan-Toa Payoh for their support. (Yahoo! file photo)
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PAP happy.
But this PAP can still continue the cohesion for so long. Not bad. See whether things will change after the old one drops. -
Someone from the opp was right in saying that
the opp should put aside their egos.....
there is no need for so many opp parties in the first place.
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we need just few very strong and credible oppositions....genuinely working towards the future political landscape...
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consolidate
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I was hoping some ex PAP will come out and form an opp party. if that is real, thats a good start.
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Originally posted by Dalforce 1941:
PAP happy.
But this PAP can still continue the cohesion
for so long. Not bad. See whether things will change after the old
one drops.during last year's PE, one of the candidates revealed that there was already a division in the party.
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it goes to show... just because the MIW are shit, doesn't mean that the opposition isn't shit too..
and i maintain that ALL politicians are douchebags
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Its better to vote for the best of the worst, than to vote for the worst of the worst.
Thats why WP rally attendance overwhelming capacity, but garner only enough votes.
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Strong opposition to Chiam, like Chee SJ, kicked him out of the party, the weaker ones now leave the party...that reflect much on Chiam's leadership.....
can't even form a cohesive party, somemore said they were ready to form a government...Low TK said WP was not ready to form form and they should focus on being a credible opposition first.
Who do you think PAP is more afraid of?
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Be spore of love, look into merging for a super power of 2morow
