Chitchat Botak Oppie Sec Gen Quits His Own Party To Be Ordinary Member Of Other Oppie Party!! His Own Party That Jialat Ah? LOL

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE: Singapore politician Benjamin Pwee has left the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which he led for six years, for another political party that "has a much more longstanding, recognisable and credible senior leader", he said.

Speaking to Channel NewsAsia on Thursday (Feb 7), Mr Pwee, 51, added that the party he will join has a leader with "parliamentary experience and a good strong and wide support base".

He did not reveal the name of the party, saying he would leave it to them to make the official announcement about his membership.

The DPP's Central Executive Committee accepted Mr Pwee's resignation as both secretary-general and party member on Jan 26. Mr Mohamad Hamim has assumed the role of secretary-general at DPP.

Mr Pwee said that around five members plan to quit DPP and apply to join the new party as ordinary members.

The business consultant added that he is the first to take the lead on resigning from DPP and that "the others will step down in due course".


Regarding the political party he will join, he said: "Their leadership is warmly welcoming of my team and me joining them, as they believe in teamwork, collaboration, and shared leadership."

TIME TO JOIN "BIGGER PARTY"

Mr Pwee's resignation comes as rumours of a General Election are rife and political parties are organising themselves internally to kick off their campaigns, he told Channel NewsAsia.

His resignation also comes weeks after political veteran Dr Tan Cheng Bock filed for an application to form a new political party known as Progress Singapore Party.

Dr Tan, who is a former People's Action Party (PAP) MP, was invited to become the leader for a proposed opposition coalition consisting of the Singapore Democratic Party, the People's Power Party, the DPP, the Reform Party, the National Solidarity Party, the Singaporeans First Party and the People's Voice Party.

Mr Pwee said that the party he will join is a "key leader" in this coalition.

"There is no way small parties like DPP can mount a viable electoral campaign on its own, so this is a good time for my team and I to join the bigger party, to start being involved with their campaign preparations," Mr Pwee said.

Mr Pwee added that "small parties make a lot of noise and fight for attention, but fundamentally do not have the effectiveness" to launch successful and convincing campaigns that could win voters' confidence.

Before he quit DPP, Mr Pwee and the other members who plan to leave had "deep discussions" with the other party and had met several times.

The 51-year-old, who fought in Bishan-Toa Payoh in the last two elections, said he hopes that key significant political parties will come together in the next General Election.

He also expressed hope that his latest move would "encourage many other credible talented Singaporeans to step forward and join more significant political leaders".

"There is definitely a continued strong desire for all opposition parties to come together to partner and collaborate under a common cause," Mr Pwee said.


Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/benjamin-pwee-quits-dpp-for-bigger-party-11213940

 

[LordElrond]

Spilling the beans so early...

 

[AhMeng]

Cheng Bock self pwn himself with all these half baked clowns. Lol

 

[LordElrond]

Hopefully it’s just member and not candidate...

 

[sweetiepie]

Spilling the beans so early...

Cheng Bock self pwn himself with all these half baked clowns. Lol

KNN as the name implies Mr Pwee ready to be Pui KNN

 

[IndoMee]

I hope TCB will be more selective about who he fields as candidates. He can't afford to fuck up this time.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Ah pui should actually deregister the DPP n join whatever party he wants to join. DPP is nothing anyway. Alot of parties r like tat. Might as well cull them off

 

[meepokboy]

DPP has not much credentials even after all these years. What difference is he going to make joining another party?

 

[winnipegjets]

If TCB's party does not win, will sinkees demonstrate in masses and demand a new poll with international monitors?

 

[Annunaki]

 

[jw5]

I googled Benjamin Pwee and was directed to his own Wikipedia site, which stated that he attended both Chinese High and RI in his secondary school days. That seems rather unusual, someone who switches secondary school halfway.

 

[mojito]

DPP has not much credentials even after all these years. What difference is he going to make joining another party?

DPP is the slipperman party is it? Maybe Hong Yi and Ho Ching doing hostile takeover?

 

[RogerK]

I googled Benjamin Pwee and was directed to his own Wikipedia site, which stated that he attended both Chinese High and RI in his secondary school days. That seems rather unusual, someone who switches secondary school halfway.

That makes him effectively bi-lingual. He must be very buay song with the papigs even though he could sit by and collect his fat pay as a scholar.

Pwee was a recipient of a Singapore government Overseas Merit Scholarship and attended University of Cambridge. Upon returning from his studies, he served in Administrative Service of the Singapore Civil Service for eight years, holding various posts in the Ministry of Home Affairsand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1995 to 1998, he was the First Secretary (Political and Economic Affairs) at the Singapore Embassy in Beijing, where he acted as interpreter and note-taker during Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's visits to China. He was also involved in key projects like the Singapore-Suzhou Industrial Park and the PSA-Dalian Port Development projects. In both ministries, Pwee served under then-Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng.

Pwee left the civil service to become an Executive Director of Medical Services International, a regional non-governmental organisation doing social welfare work in China. He subsequently became the managing director of E-deo Asia, a business consultancy firm.[1]

 

[3_M]

3 parties within a space of 8 years. Left SPP when CST refused to handover the leadership of the party to him. Helmed DPP and led the party to nowhere. Proven to be an ambitious but incompetent fellow.

Now possibly joining TCB obviously hoping to ride on the latter coattail and perhaps hoping to be the successor of TCB?

He won't be an asset as the public will be wary of opportunist like him. Tcb needs to draw a line with him.

 

[jw5]

The Wikipedia site also states that he is the son of a PAP grassroots leader.

That makes him effectively bi-lingual. He must be very buay song with the papigs even though he could sit by and collect his fat pay as a scholar.

Pwee was a recipient of a Singapore government Overseas Merit Scholarship and attended University of Cambridge. Upon returning from his studies, he served in Administrative Service of the Singapore Civil Service for eight years, holding various posts in the Ministry of Home Affairsand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1995 to 1998, he was the First Secretary (Political and Economic Affairs) at the Singapore Embassy in Beijing, where he acted as interpreter and note-taker during Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's visits to China. He was also involved in key projects like the Singapore-Suzhou Industrial Park and the PSA-Dalian Port Development projects. In both ministries, Pwee served under then-Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng.

Pwee left the civil service to become an Executive Director of Medical Services International, a regional non-governmental organisation doing social welfare work in China. He subsequently became the managing director of E-deo Asia, a business consultancy firm.[1]

 

[eatshitndie]

That makes him effectively bi-lingual. He must be very buay song with the papigs even though he could sit by and collect his fat pay as a scholar.

Pwee was a recipient of a Singapore government Overseas Merit Scholarship and attended University of Cambridge. Upon returning from his studies, he served in Administrative Service of the Singapore Civil Service for eight years, holding various posts in the Ministry of Home Affairsand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1995 to 1998, he was the First Secretary (Political and Economic Affairs) at the Singapore Embassy in Beijing, where he acted as interpreter and note-taker during Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's visits to China. He was also involved in key projects like the Singapore-Suzhou Industrial Park and the PSA-Dalian Port Development projects. In both ministries, Pwee served under then-Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng.

Pwee left the civil service to become an Executive Director of Medical Services International, a regional non-governmental organisation doing social welfare work in China. He subsequently became the managing director of E-deo Asia, a business consultancy firm.[1]

these are sexcellent credentials of a holey moley. must be well paid from "black" funds.

 

[ballsoffire]

at least now I know there’s such a person

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

From one shithole to another I guess

 

[maxsanic]

Based on what is known so far, TCB seems to have very little appeal to attract quality people from both the pro and anti establishment camp. Other than a few elderly ex-PAP grassroots organizers, there is nobody from the PAP of any consequence joining him thus far. As for the anti camp, WP continues to dominate and picks up the best, leaving TCB with a riff raff of misfits and yester-era opportunists.

At this rate, he might not even pick up a NCMP seat in the next general election.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Who has Tan Cheng Bock attracted so far? The less favoured son - Yang?