WP's official statement/response to LHL's statement

[Confuseous]

We refer to the statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on 12 July 2013.

The various allegations against the integrity of Workers’ Party’s Members of Parliament contained in the statement have already been fully responded to and rejected by the Party, both in and out of Parliament.

Regarding the cleaning of hawker centres, we have put forth the facts as we have found them, based on our own earlier investigations. We defended our position in Parliament on 9 July 2013 with a clear conscience.

This matter has been in the public headlines since late May. We have made our position known both inside and outside Parliament and the relevant documents are already in the public domain, so the public can make its own judgment on the matter. We do not find it productive to continue debating and arguing with the ruling party over this issue.

The Prime Minister referred to the Workers’ Party’s slogan for General Election 2011: “Towards a First World Parliament”. The concept of a First World Parliament is not about the People’s Action Party or the Workers’ Party, but about what Singaporeans want for our country and what they believe is necessary to secure our country’s future.

LOW THIA KHIANG
SECRETARY-GENERAL, THE WORKERS’ PARTY
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (ALJUNIED GRC)

13 Jul 2013

 

[leetahbar]

actually, wp should remain silent. use the same silent treatment back to pinky. let him make all the arrogant and wrongful allegation. then pop in that pap's porlumpar who heads the Aljunied hawker centre assoiciation. everything shall be clearer and vividly understood without much explanation.

 

[Dark Knight]

actually, wp should remain silent. use the same silent treatment back to pinky. let him make all the arrogant and wrongful allegation. then pop in that pap's porlumpar who heads the Aljunied hawker centre assoiciation. everything shall be clearer and vividly understood without much explanation.

I don't think WP can remain "total silence" in this case. They knew very well that VB doesn't have any solid evidence to backup his allegation. I guess what they are doing now is just giving pinky a simple rebut while buying time to gather more evidence about the source of that $7200 quotation. If LHL still insist to pursue further, I guess he and his party will need to sue WP.