Wednesday, 01 Jul 2020 09:46 PM MYT
At the heart of the issue lies the NCMP scheme, which was changed in the previous term of government and will come into effect in the next term of government formed after GE2020. As a result of changes made to the scheme in 2016, the minimum number of opposition MPs, including NCMPs, in Parliament will go up from nine to 12.
Prior to the dissolution of Parliament on June 23, the WP had three NCMPs — Associate Professor Daniel Goh, Leon Perera, and Dennis Tan. Following the GE in 2015, WP’s Lee Li Lian, who was the losing candidate for Punggol East, rejected the NCMP seat, which was subsequently taken up by Assoc Prof Goh.
Yee, who was an NCMP from 2011 to 2015, cited how he had forwarded some issues relating to upgrading or road configuration, that were raised by Joo Chiat residents, to their then-MP Charles Chong. “Because I don’t have the legal standing to represent the people to say , ‘Hey, you should consider doing this or that’,” said Yee.
Singh had said the WP is aiming for at least a third of elected seats in the medium term, in order to deny PAP a two-third majority so that it “cannot change the Constitution at its pleasure” like it can today.
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