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Letter from CST to PKMS and SJP
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Attention To:
...Mr Ali bin Asjadi (President, Singapore Malay National Organisation )
Deputy Chairman, SDA
And
Mr Aminuddin Bin Ami
Secretary-General (Singapore Justice party)
Honorary Auditor , SDA
Dear Sirs, 12 November 2010
RE: Replacement of Desmond Lim as SDA SEC/Gen
In reference to the meeting held on the 27th Oct 2010 on the development of our party and its direction with the election of the new office holders, we had made it clear the grounds for which Mr Desmond Lim is relieved of his duties to represent us in SPP under the SDA banner.
The SPP have acted constitutionally by replacing Desmond in the list of SEC SDA under clause 11of the SDA Constitution ,the replacement of representative in the Exco of the SDA is within the member parties' rights.
Mr Lim has acted unconstitutionally under clause 9(a) which only allows the Chairman to represent SDA in its dealings with outside persons.
Let me highlight here the acts which goes against clause 9(a):
1) Mr Lim has been and is still organizing activities and issuing statements under the SDA banner via a facebook account without any discussion with SDA or with consent from the Chairman.
2)He has been issuing official letters on behalf of SDA without any consent or discussion with the Chairman of SDA in 3 accounts:
a)Issuing a press release under SDA SG on Mr Chiam selling out SPP to RP which he knows is not true.
b)Issuing a condolence letter to the Prime Minister office for the demise of PM's mother, the content of which has not been approved by the Chairman of SDA nor representative of SDA’s stand on this matter
c)Issuing a press release on PM National Day Rally 2010 which has not been discussed nor is deem representative of the Chairman’s nor SDA’s stand as an opposition party.
We should take this seriously as these comments are a reflection of the parties stand and they must be representative of what SDA stands for collectively and not by one man making independent decisions. All these statements were issued without knowledge and consent of the Chairman of SDA and I doubt through any knowledge from PKMS or SJP. Such actions should be considered as insubordination and unconstitutional. Despite being reprimanded during internal meetings in SPP, Mr Lim still continue in his ways and did not try to communicate or initiate discussion with me, the Chairman of SDA who he is supposedly representing on all these issues.
Further, on your report of my dysfunctional email account [email protected], I am sure all this has been circulated to the SG of SDA then as well. By right, all these should have been communicated to me through the SG - the chairman's secretariat, Mr Desmond Lim. But it had never been brought to my attention.
Hence, it can be said that even as late as August 2010 there was no proper channel through which Mr Lim as the SG of SDA initiate nor disseminate information about SDA developement with the SDA Chairman. As the president of PKMS you would also not accept this if it happened under your party too, right?
I feel that as the Chairman, a founder of SDA and a current and only MP in SDA, I should be given due respect which is owed to me constitutionally. As a component party of SDA and the party to which Mr Lim is supposedly representative of, we thereby see no reason to continue having a non-communitative / non-collaborative office-holder who does not fulfill his roles and obligation to serve to the best of his ability as an SG and representative of SPP in SDA if he is acting as a lone-ranger all the time with no regards to the party's interest which he is supposedly to represent. His actions to date under the supposedly SDA SG title are not within proper protocol and unconstitutional.
Hence, we stand firm in our rejection to allow Mr Desmond Lim to represent us under the SPP/SDA banner for the rest of the term 2009-2011 as allowed for in the constitution and would like to forward our elected nominee to stand in as Acting Secretary General instead until the term is up.
As the other component party to SDA,PKMS and SJP must both be fair. It is not a level playing field if Mr Desmond Lim is constantly backed by PKMS and SJP when he has acted unconstitutionally and without following proper protocol.
In the interest of the SDA we must serve our people and country first and not for own self interest in that I am willing to come out of my comfort zone at Potong Pasir to stand in a GRC despite my advanced age in order to expand the opposition.
Let us be reminded that the purpose of setting up SDA is for the alliance with other opposition parties to work together to win more seats and with the view of having a two party system in Singapore one day.
The SDA must have a harmonious working relationship,observing discipline and respect with other member parties decisions.We must move forward and not think of our own little kingdoms.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Chiam See Tong
SDA Chairman
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Attention To:
...Mr Ali bin Asjadi (President, Singapore Malay National Organisation )
Deputy Chairman, SDA
And
Mr Aminuddin Bin Ami
Secretary-General (Singapore Justice party)
Honorary Auditor , SDA
Dear Sirs, 12 November 2010
RE: Replacement of Desmond Lim as SDA SEC/Gen
In reference to the meeting held on the 27th Oct 2010 on the development of our party and its direction with the election of the new office holders, we had made it clear the grounds for which Mr Desmond Lim is relieved of his duties to represent us in SPP under the SDA banner.
The SPP have acted constitutionally by replacing Desmond in the list of SEC SDA under clause 11of the SDA Constitution ,the replacement of representative in the Exco of the SDA is within the member parties' rights.
Mr Lim has acted unconstitutionally under clause 9(a) which only allows the Chairman to represent SDA in its dealings with outside persons.
Let me highlight here the acts which goes against clause 9(a):
1) Mr Lim has been and is still organizing activities and issuing statements under the SDA banner via a facebook account without any discussion with SDA or with consent from the Chairman.
2)He has been issuing official letters on behalf of SDA without any consent or discussion with the Chairman of SDA in 3 accounts:
a)Issuing a press release under SDA SG on Mr Chiam selling out SPP to RP which he knows is not true.
b)Issuing a condolence letter to the Prime Minister office for the demise of PM's mother, the content of which has not been approved by the Chairman of SDA nor representative of SDA’s stand on this matter
c)Issuing a press release on PM National Day Rally 2010 which has not been discussed nor is deem representative of the Chairman’s nor SDA’s stand as an opposition party.
We should take this seriously as these comments are a reflection of the parties stand and they must be representative of what SDA stands for collectively and not by one man making independent decisions. All these statements were issued without knowledge and consent of the Chairman of SDA and I doubt through any knowledge from PKMS or SJP. Such actions should be considered as insubordination and unconstitutional. Despite being reprimanded during internal meetings in SPP, Mr Lim still continue in his ways and did not try to communicate or initiate discussion with me, the Chairman of SDA who he is supposedly representing on all these issues.
Further, on your report of my dysfunctional email account [email protected], I am sure all this has been circulated to the SG of SDA then as well. By right, all these should have been communicated to me through the SG - the chairman's secretariat, Mr Desmond Lim. But it had never been brought to my attention.
Hence, it can be said that even as late as August 2010 there was no proper channel through which Mr Lim as the SG of SDA initiate nor disseminate information about SDA developement with the SDA Chairman. As the president of PKMS you would also not accept this if it happened under your party too, right?
I feel that as the Chairman, a founder of SDA and a current and only MP in SDA, I should be given due respect which is owed to me constitutionally. As a component party of SDA and the party to which Mr Lim is supposedly representative of, we thereby see no reason to continue having a non-communitative / non-collaborative office-holder who does not fulfill his roles and obligation to serve to the best of his ability as an SG and representative of SPP in SDA if he is acting as a lone-ranger all the time with no regards to the party's interest which he is supposedly to represent. His actions to date under the supposedly SDA SG title are not within proper protocol and unconstitutional.
Hence, we stand firm in our rejection to allow Mr Desmond Lim to represent us under the SPP/SDA banner for the rest of the term 2009-2011 as allowed for in the constitution and would like to forward our elected nominee to stand in as Acting Secretary General instead until the term is up.
As the other component party to SDA,PKMS and SJP must both be fair. It is not a level playing field if Mr Desmond Lim is constantly backed by PKMS and SJP when he has acted unconstitutionally and without following proper protocol.
In the interest of the SDA we must serve our people and country first and not for own self interest in that I am willing to come out of my comfort zone at Potong Pasir to stand in a GRC despite my advanced age in order to expand the opposition.
Let us be reminded that the purpose of setting up SDA is for the alliance with other opposition parties to work together to win more seats and with the view of having a two party system in Singapore one day.
The SDA must have a harmonious working relationship,observing discipline and respect with other member parties decisions.We must move forward and not think of our own little kingdoms.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Chiam See Tong
SDA Chairman
