WP's other MPs were also re-elected, in an internal election marked by continuity.
WP secretary-general Pritam Singh and chairwoman Sylvia Lim speaking to the media after the party’s biennial conference on June 30.
Party sources told The Straits Times that Ms Lim, 59, was again challenged by long-time WP member Tan Bin Seng, but prevailed with about two-thirds of the vote to retain the post of party chair, which she has held since 2003.stepped down from the party’s top decision-making body in 2020. Former MP Lee Li Lian is a new addition to the 14-member central executive committee. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
only the second such multi-member constituency to be won by an opposition party. The WP had first achieved the feat in 2011, when it pulled off a shock defeat of the People’s Action Party in Aljunied GRC.30, then a WP MP for Sengkang GRC, after she admitted to lying in Parliament about a sexual assault victim being treated shabbily by the police.
Singapore Management University law don and former Nominated MP Eugene Tan said the result suggests party unity will not be a significant issue as WP gears up for the GE. “Notwithstanding the setbacks, Pritam’s grip on power in his party has arguably strengthened with this party election,” he added.
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