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Jul 10, 2011
WP's Pritam Singh clarifies coalition suggestion
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Asked by The Sunday Times on Saturday if the WP aims to be a member of a coalition government one day, Mr Pritam Singh, one of the five MPs in Aljunied GRC and a member of the party's central executive committee since last month, replied: 'No, that's not one of our aims... The party has never discussed the idea of coalition at all.' -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
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THE Workers' Party (WP) has clarified that being part of a coalition government is not one of its aims, although it is 'prepared to work with other political parties in the interest of Singaporeans'.
Asked by The Sunday Times on Saturday if the WP aims to be a member of a coalition government one day, Mr Pritam Singh, one of the five MPs in Aljunied GRC and a member of the party's central executive committee since last month, replied: 'No, that's not one of our aims... The party has never discussed the idea of coalition at all.'
Also responding to The Sunday Times, WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang said: 'I do not wish to respond to hypothetical questions, but as a matter of principle, WP is prepared to work with other political parties to further the interest of Singaporeans and, when it is called upon, to act in the interest of the nation.'
The Sunday Times put the questions to the two WP men following remarks by Mr Singh at a political forum organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) last Friday.
Mr Singh, who joined the WP last year, was one of three panellists during a session on party renewal, the other two being Sembawang GRC MP Vikram Nair of the People's Action Party (PAP), and Ms Hazel Poa, the new secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party (NSP).
During the question-and-answer session, Professor Kishore Mahbubani, the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, asked Mr Singh and Ms Poa when the opposition would be ready to form the next government, and whether the opposition would one day consolidate to 'just one or two parties'.
Read the full report in this week's edition of The Sunday Times
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Jul 10, 2011
WP's Pritam Singh clarifies coalition suggestion
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THE Workers' Party (WP) has clarified that being part of a coalition government is not one of its aims, although it is 'prepared to work with other political parties in the interest of Singaporeans'.
Asked by The Sunday Times on Saturday if the WP aims to be a member of a coalition government one day, Mr Pritam Singh, one of the five MPs in Aljunied GRC and a member of the party's central executive committee since last month, replied: 'No, that's not one of our aims... The party has never discussed the idea of coalition at all.'
Also responding to The Sunday Times, WP secretary-general Low Thia Khiang said: 'I do not wish to respond to hypothetical questions, but as a matter of principle, WP is prepared to work with other political parties to further the interest of Singaporeans and, when it is called upon, to act in the interest of the nation.'
The Sunday Times put the questions to the two WP men following remarks by Mr Singh at a political forum organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) last Friday.
Mr Singh, who joined the WP last year, was one of three panellists during a session on party renewal, the other two being Sembawang GRC MP Vikram Nair of the People's Action Party (PAP), and Ms Hazel Poa, the new secretary-general of the National Solidarity Party (NSP).
During the question-and-answer session, Professor Kishore Mahbubani, the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, asked Mr Singh and Ms Poa when the opposition would be ready to form the next government, and whether the opposition would one day consolidate to 'just one or two parties'.
Read the full report in this week's edition of The Sunday Times
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