The spotlight has been cast on the private lives of politicians, after Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin and fellow People’s Action Party (PAP) MP Cheng Li Hui stepped down from their positions following
On Feb 7, 2012, Mr Yaw, then 35, quit his post as WP’s treasurer, but stayed on as a party member and MP. Neither Mr Yaw nor the party provided any explanation for his resignation.Mr Yaw was expelled from the WP on Feb 15, with the party’s central executive council – which comprised Mr Low Thia Kiang, Ms Sylvia Lim, Mr Pritam Singh and Mr Gerald Giam – co-chairing a press conference that same day at its Syed Alwi Road headquarters.
Combined with his repeated refusals to address the allegations, the CEC took a vote, with the majority opting for his expulsion from the party.As the first Eurasian to become Speaker of Parliament since independence, as well as being the second-youngest person to hold the post, it seemed that Mr Palmer’s political career was on the up-and-up.
On Dec 12, 2012, Mr Palmer tendered his resignation, with then-Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean chairing the press conference at the PAP’s headquarters in New Upper Changi Road.The father of three entered politics in 2011 as the PAP’s oldest new face at 49 in that year’s General Election, contesting in Jurong GRC, where he was subsequently elected.resigned from his role and the party after “personal indiscretion”.
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