SINGAPORE — The extramarital affairs involving politicians in the People’s Action Party (PAP) and the Workers’ Party (WP) have dominated headlines this past week, but what is particularly striking is the similarities between the two cases.
On Wednesday , WP chief Pritam Singh announced the resignation of Member of Parliament for Aljunied Group Representation Constituency Leon Perera and party member Nicole Seah, due to an affair that started sometime after the 2020 General Election.
Mr Lee said that their resignations were necessary “to maintain the high standards of propriety and personal conduct which the PAP has upheld all these years”. Another key similarity pointed out by observers was how long the two political parties took to deal with the incidents — from the time their two leaders first learnt about their members' respective affairs to the day the details were made public.
NTU's Dr Tan also noted that most of the individuals involved were “very valued members of their party” and that “there might have been an attempt to, at least, give them the benefit of the doubt that they either had ended the relationship or were not involved in any personal indiscretion”.Assoc Prof Tan said that while both WP and PAP’s responses will leave members of the public with questions on how the matter was handled, a key difference will be in the questions asked of both parties.
Mr Singh did not elaborate on whether there had been further conversations between him and the driver. Assoc Prof Tan asked whether, in the process of informing her family, Ms Seah had informed the party as well. "They need to let people know what were the processes in place, what did they do from the time when PM Lee knew about it until early this year in February."
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