Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and Tampines GRC MP Cheng Li Hui resign
during the first day of debate on the President’s Address on April 17, was uploaded on social media platform Reddit.Mr Tan had been responding to Associate Professor Lim, who was making a speech on doing more to help lower-income Singaporeans.
He added that others also felt that it was “conduct unbecoming” of a Speaker of Parliament, and that some have called for his resignation. However, he said as the Speaker, he “should have known better and held myself to a higher standard” and that the issue at hand is not just about the mistake itself.
Ms Cheng, who stepped down with immediate effect as a member of the PAP, and also resigned as MP for Tampines GRC, said in her resignation letter: “I am very sorry to be resigning in these circumstances, and would like to apologise to the party, as well as to my residents and volunteers.”In his letters to both MPs on their resignations, PM Lee said: “Your resignation is necessary, to maintain the high standards of propriety and personal conduct which the PAP has upheld all these years.
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