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Tan Jee Say seeks to build coalition of opposition parties
Published on Sep 26, 2011
Fresh from contesting the presidential election in August, former candidate Tan Jee Say is now planning to build a coalition of opposition parties for the next general election due by 2016. -- PHOTO: NPBy Tessa Wong
Fresh from contesting the presidential election in August, former candidate Tan Jee Say is now planning to build a coalition of opposition parties for the next general election due by 2016.
Speaking at a thank-you lunch for supporters and campaigners on Sunday afternoon, he said that he would not be joining any political party in the next one or two years but would work to build up an opposition coalition whose aim would be to offer Singaporeans a 'credible alternative government in the next general election'.
He called on individuals and opposition parties to get together, and to also reach out to 'members and supporters of the PAP who are disillusioned with their current party leadership' to 'forge a powerful combined majority'.
Said Mr Tan, who received 25 per cent of the valid vote in the Aug 27 election: 'The presidential election vote has shown that Singaporeans want a diversity of choice. They have signalled that they want an end to a single dominant party.'
Published on Sep 26, 2011
Fresh from contesting the presidential election in August, former candidate Tan Jee Say is now planning to build a coalition of opposition parties for the next general election due by 2016. -- PHOTO: NPBy Tessa Wong
Fresh from contesting the presidential election in August, former candidate Tan Jee Say is now planning to build a coalition of opposition parties for the next general election due by 2016.
Speaking at a thank-you lunch for supporters and campaigners on Sunday afternoon, he said that he would not be joining any political party in the next one or two years but would work to build up an opposition coalition whose aim would be to offer Singaporeans a 'credible alternative government in the next general election'.
He called on individuals and opposition parties to get together, and to also reach out to 'members and supporters of the PAP who are disillusioned with their current party leadership' to 'forge a powerful combined majority'.
Said Mr Tan, who received 25 per cent of the valid vote in the Aug 27 election: 'The presidential election vote has shown that Singaporeans want a diversity of choice. They have signalled that they want an end to a single dominant party.'