SINGAPORE — The Workers’ Party (WP) top brass will remain largely unchanged ahead of Singapore’s next general election, after secretary-general Pritam Singh and chairwoman Sylvia Lim were re-elected at a party conference.
SINGAPORE — The Workers’ Party top brass will remain largely unchanged ahead of Singapore’s next general election, after secretary-general Pritam Singh and chairwoman Sylvia Lim were re-elected at a party conference.Workers' Party secretary-general Pritam Singh and party chair Sylvia Lim.
At a cadre members conference on Sunday held at Huone Singapore, a total of 14 members, including Mr Singh and Ms Lim, were voted into the CEC, which is the party’s top decision-making body.The one new face is Ms Lee. The 46-year-old was formerly the Member of Parliament for Punggol East SMC between 2013 and 2015. Ms Lee was edged out by then-People's Action Party MP Charles Chong at the 2015 GE with 51.76 per cent of votes.
Notably, ex-WP chief Mr Low, who handed over the reins of the party to Mr Singh in 2018, remains in the CEC.“Fantastic result. We’re looking forward to working with this CEC for the next two years,” Mr Singh told reporters when leaving.
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