PAP leaders criticize WP for letting Hougang voters down
Posted by temasektimes on February 15, 2012
PAP leaders have accused the Workers Party of letting the voters of Hougang down with the unprecedented sacking of its MP Yaw Shin Leong from the party, thereby triggering a by-election in the single seat constituency.
Mr Yaw was unceremoniously expelled from WP after his repeated refusal to address the on-going allegations enshrouding his private life despite being given ample opportunity to do so by the party leadership.
Under the Constitution, a MP has to vacate his seat in Parliament if he/she resigns from his/her party or is sacked from it.
Speaking to the media on calling a by-election in Hougang, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said an election is a very serious matter and noted that Singapore just had a General Election less than a year ago.
“Now, the Hougang SMC is vacant, as a result of what Mr Yaw Shin Leong has done, and the way the WP has handled the matter”, he said.
PM Lee added that “the WP has let down the voters of Hougang”.
In a separate interview, PAP Chairman Khaw Boon Wan also had strong words for WP, asking “why did the WP take so long to investigate and what new information had the party discovered.”
“The people needed to know and the WP needed to come clean with the people about the information they have about Mr Yaw, and in particular, what did they know about him prior to the 2011 General Election, and if they knew, why did they field Mr Yaw. It is sad that the voters have been misled by the WP,” he noted.
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raybomatiqué said
PLEASE, let not the black dark pot be calling the cattle BLACK…..you guys the way you handle your salsaries is a total slap in the populaces’ face regardless what your papa said.
alf said
This is a bizarre accusation that rests completely on the assumption that WP knew about it long beforehand… yet in the press release they make it clear YSL wasn’t honest with them so clearly there was things kept from them. If they didn’t know, what exactly could WP have done differently to be better? Sacking shows real consequences for real misconduct, that’s something the PAP supports isn’t it? It’s a good thing LHL didn’t delve into any specifics about the “way” WP handled the matter (or that the reporters didn’t ask because they scared) since that would have shown he was clutching at straws
alan soh said
PAP has let down the whole of singapore with the mass flodding of foreigners.. nuff said
Not Happy said
PM Lee added that “the WP has let down the voters of Hougang”.
It is still better than “PAP has let down the voter of Singapore” with the increase of FT, housing prices, schooling prices, utilties prices and many other prices!
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