Vacated NCMP may NOT be filled: ELD !!!!

SINGAPORE: Ms Lee Li Lian, Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong and Mr Leon Perera from the Workers' Party have been elected as Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMP), the Elections Department (ELD) announced on Wednesday (Sep 16).


In a statement, ELD said three candidates who received the highest votes among the unelected candidates from Opposition parties will be declared elected as NCMPs, as six opposition MPs were elected to Parliament in the Sep 11 General Election.




Ms Lee, who contested in Punggol East SMC and Mr Dennis Tan, who contested in Fengshan SMC, received the two highest percentages of votes among unelected opposition candidates.


Ms Lee received 48.23 per cent of the vote against the People's Action Party's (PAP) Charles Chong, while Mr Tan garnered 42.50 per cent of vote against PAP's Cheryl Chan.


WP's East Coast GRC team - comprising former NCMP Gerald Giam, Mr Daniel Goh, Mr Mohamed Fairoz and Mr Leon Perera - who ran against PAP's team anchored by Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say, gained 39.27 per cent of the votes. Thegroup informed the Returning Officer on Wednesday of their decision to nominate Mr Leon Perera as NCMP, said ELD.


DANIEL GOH TO TAKE PLACE OF MS LEE AS NCMP IF PARLIAMENT RESOLVES TO FILL SEAT: WP

Ms Lee, who was elected MP for Punggol East following a by-election in 2013, had told the media after the results were announced that she is not inclined to take up a NCMP seat in Parliament if offered.

In a statement released shortly after the ELD announcement, the Workers' Party said its Central Executive Council (CEC) concurred with Ms Lee's decision not toaccept the NCMP position.

The CEC said should Parliament resolve to fill the vacated NCMP seat left by Ms Lee, that Associate Professor Daniel Goh would fill that seat.

ah lian dunwan, dey scared 2 gif 2 ah juan, ah? ...

looks like WP made the right choices.............LLL and Dennis stand the best chance to win again next GE................while Leon is the best speaker from EC GRC team.........winning EC GRC is still possible...........

workers' party shot themselves in their foot once again!!!

ah lian you should not vacate so soon ...now how ???

you vacated your NCMP and now parliament only has TWO...if your vacancy is not filled.

this shows how shallow workers' party really is

no wonder they lost so badly and so painfully...they are simply NOT up to it lah!!!

they should be disbanded and reorganized with a younger team taking over

mr low is lau liao lah....workers' party needs new and fresh blood to give them a boost

TEAM B failed miserably...

GOD IS MY DOG said:

looks like WP made the right choices.............LLL and Dennis stand the best chance to win again next GE................while Leon is the best speaker from EC GRC team.........winning EC GRC is still possible...........

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wrong choice at the wrong time

mp no use

ncmp lagi worse --- totally useless

just give up lah

kopiOuncle said:

PARLIAMENT NOT OBLIGED TO DECLARE THAT SEAT BE FILLED

According to the law, if an eligible NCMP decides not to take up the position, the seat may not automatically be transferred to the next eligible opposition candidate.

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if law allows untaken NCMP seat be transfer to the next eligible opposition candidate, csj might end up as NCMP if wp rejected all post of ncmp

let ah lian live her life lah. probably she wants to spend more time with her family.

bushtucker said:

let ah lian live her life lah. probably she wants to spend more time with her family.

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LLL just served 2 short years as MP of PE full time suddenly want to spend time with family after being voted out? Does she not know that a politician's role is for the long haul of 5 years term each time?

Lose one time and LLL like a spoilt child throwing tantrums by rejecting NCMP seat because PE voters rejected her? It also shows LTK's weak leadership role in command and control. WP members can suka suka announce rejection of NCMP seat without OK from WP Secretary General meh?

I quit!



what happened? I lost????..............

so what happens next?

They can give that seat to their lumber one porlumpar disabled lawyer, who thinks, she is the female version of "Ironside"...these are they people, the majority voters like to have & know & let them have that cake & eat it too...

halsey02 said:

They can give that seat to their lumber one porlumpar disabled lawyer, who thinks, she is the female version of "Ironside"...these are they people, the majority voters like to have & know & let them have that cake & eat it too...

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Brilliant proposal. I second that. After that she can jolly well run as their candidate.

po2wq said:

ah lian dunwan, dey scared 2 gif 2 ah juan, ah? ...

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lll demise was accurately predicted by many PE voters even before cc was

in the picture.

she should find out from voters where gone wrong.


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The Workers' Party

The Elections Department (ELD) announced yesterday (16 Sep) that WP canididates, Ms Lee Li Lian, Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong and Mr Leon Perera have been elected as Non-Constituency Members of Parliament (NCMP).

According to the Parliamentary Elections Act, the number of NCMPs to be declared elected shall be 9 less the number of Opposition MPs elected. Since 6 have been elected (5 from Aljunied GRC and 1 from Hougang SMC), that leaves 3 NCMP positions available.

The NCMPs to be declared elected shall be determined from amongst the candidates of the Opposition parties on the basis of the percentage of votes polled by such candidates.

The 3 candidates who received the highest votes amongst the unelected candidates from the Opposition parties are:

Ms Lee Li Lian (The Workers’ Party) who contested in Punggol-East SMC (48.2%)
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong (The Workers’ Party) who contested in Fengshan SMC (42.5%)
One opposition member from East Coast GRC (East Coast received the 3rd highest percentage of votes – 39.3%)

The WP’s group of candidates who contested in the East Coast GRC are:

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song
Mr Daniel Goh Pei Siong
Mr Mohamed Fairoz Bin Shariff
Mr Leon Perera

ELD said it has written to the WP group on 15 September 2015 and asked them to determine amongst themselves, by 22 September 2015, the one to be declared elected as a NCMP. The group informed ELD yesterday of their decision to nominate Mr Leon Perera as the one to be declared elected as NCMP.

Hence, based on the above, in accordance with Section 52 of the Act, the Returning Officer has declared the following candidates as the candidates elected as NCMPs, ELD said:

Ms Lee Li Lian (The Workers’ Party)
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong (The Workers’ Party)
Mr Leon Perera (The Workers’ Party)

Daniel Goh to take over Ms Lee if Parliament resolves to fill the seat

Earlier, after her loss, Ms Lee had told the media that she is not inclined to take up a NCMP seat.

In a statement released shortly after the ELD announcement, the WP said its Central Executive Council (CEC) concurred with Ms Lee’s decision not to accept the NCMP position.

The CEC said should Parliament resolve to fill the vacated NCMP seat left by Ms Lee, Daniel Goh from East Coast GRC would fill that seat.

According to the law, if an eligible NCMP decides not to take up the position, the seat may not automatically be transferred to the next eligible opposition candidate. It is up to the PAP-domainated Parliament to decide if it wants to declare the seat vacant and allocate it to the next eligible opposition candidate.

No $16k, of course she dont want.

Making up rules as they go along. One nation united under Lee.

Poor Lilian, Gerald and Yee, used and discarded like overnight food. Tsk tsk. :(

kopiOuncle said:

PARLIAMENT NOT OBLIGED TO DECLARE THAT SEAT BE FILLED

According to the law, if an eligible NCMP decides not to take up the position, the seat may not automatically be transferred to the next eligible opposition candidate.

In response to media queries, Parliament is not obliged to declare that seat be filled by the next succeeding candidate.
The ELD said: "The Attorney General is of the view that if any NCMP declared to be elected under Section 52 of the Parliamentary Elections Act fails to take and subscribe before Parliament the Oath of Allegiance under Article 61 of the Constitution at the first or second sitting of Parliament during its first session after the General Election, then Parliament may at its discretion declare that seat vacant. Parliament is not thereafter obliged to declare that seat be filled by the next succeeding candidate."


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motherfucking papigs are still playing dirty!!

Oppositions should protests by not taking up the useless NMP seats! It's a waste of time!

mojito said:

Poor Lilian, Gerald and Yee, used and discarded like overnight food. Tsk tsk. :(

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They are more like used condoms. With overnight food, they can still be useful to feed animals.