The People's Action Party first secretary-general Heng Swee Keat on July 5, 2020 urged the Workers' Party to clearly state its position on Non-Consituency Members of Parliament.— TODAY pic
Heng, who is tipped to be the next prime minister, was weighing into an ongoing debate about the scheme that guarantees a minimum of 12 opposition seats in Parliament, even if they do not get elected. “That is why, over the years, we have steadily increased the number of guaranteed opposition MPs, and expanded their voting rights,” he said, referring to the increase in NCMPs from nine to 12.Former WP NCMPs include WP members past and present Dr Lee Siew Choh, the late J B Jeyaratnam and Associate Professor Daniel Goh; current WP candidates Yee Jenn Jong, Gerald Giam, Dennis Tan and Leon Perera; and WP chairman Sylvia Lim, who was an NCMP from 2006 before becoming an MP at GE2011.
Former party chief Low Thia Khiang said in 2016 that the WP will “work within the system”, in the same way that the opposition party had contested several GRCs even though it did not support the GRC scheme. Urging the WP to answer the two questions he raised — whether it would accept an NCMP seat and if it agreed the scheme ensured that there could be no opposition wipeout — Heng said the WP reiterated that the WP needs to account to the voters.
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