Not taking a party position so WP MPs can freely support all sides is ‘wanting to speak without taking responsibility’: Shanmugam
Mr Pritam Singh, as Leader of the Opposition, says the WP does not take a position on s377A, whether to repeal or not. As a Party, the WP has no official position. It does not want to be seen as supporting the repeal. At the same time, it also does not want to be seen […]
WP He Tingru did not provide full facts on elderly patient needing help with medical bills
We have noticed that each time WP provides an anecdote in Parliament, details are lacking. The government has had to ask for more details, and upon investigation, found the actual story to be different.  Why do they not provide the full facts in the first instance? Ms He said she brought up the anecdote to make […]
WP Sylvia Lim satisfied with Shanmugam’s reply, says no need for forensic examination of her phone
The anticipated drama did not happen after all and Singapore is spared being dragged through the mud of another political game. Workers’ Party MP Sylvia Lim met the Police on 23 February 2022 at the Police’s request regarding a notification that appears similar to what Apple had sent to various Apple phone users, the Police […]
On Pritam Singh, playing victim and absence of shame in the Raeesah saga
You know what’s the saddest thing about this whole saga of ‘lies upon lies’? It is the total absence of shame. Up till now, there is a complete lack of admission of wrongdoing by the three WP MPs and leaders, Mr Pritam Singh, Ms Sylvia Lim and Mr Faisal Manap. There is absolutely no contrition. […]
Sylvia Lim’s Apple phone hack warning and the political games she plays
Singapore state agencies did not hack WP Sylvia Lim’s iPhone, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam told Parliament on Friday, 18 Feb. The Minister’s response came after an exchange between Ms Lim and Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan on the government’s use of spyware. Ms Lim said she had received a […]
PM Lee’s speech at COP debate: quality of a country’s democracy hinges on people’s values
In Parliament today, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered a 40-min long speech during the debate on the Committee of Privileges’ report on the Raeesah Khan saga. He talks about integrity as the linchpin of democracy, that the quality of a country’s democracy hinges on its people’s values: what they judge to be right or […]
‘Operating brain’ Pritam to be referred to the Public Prosecutor; actions against Sylvia Lim to be deferred.
The Committee of Privileges (COP) is satisfied that Mr Singh – and to a lesser extent, Mr Faisal and Ms Sylvia Lim – have been untruthful in their evidence, under oath, to the COP. This may amount to perjury which is a serious criminal offence. The COP considered it little purpose in sending the 3 […]
Why the conduct of the 3 senior leaders of WP matters in meting out penalties to Raeesah Khan
The hearings by the Committee of Privileges were convened to look into Ms Raeesah Khan’s lies and to determine the penalties for her lies. No one imagine – when Raeesah Khan was first referred to the COP –Â that it would expand into a hearing that included the conduct of the 3 senior leaders of […]
The episode surrounding Raeesah Khan’s lie has evolved into a Taiwanese drama
I had prevented myself from commenting about the hearing at the Committee of Privileges as it was, like the Honorable Leader of the Opposition said, to be finally resolved within the Parliament. However, as the various people presented their evidence to the committee, the whole episode surrounding Raeesah Khan’s lie has evolved into a Taiwanese […]
WP Dennis Tan repeatedly tries to nail Raeesah Khan as mentally unsound
You would have thought that it would take just a few minutes for Dr Christopher Cheok to present his professional assessment of Raeesah Khan to the Committee of Privileges (COP). After all, it is an objective assessment based on internationally established criteria and practice. Not so for Dr Cheok. He found himself being asked numerous […]