SINGAPORE — While 10 opposition seats may represent uncharted territory for Singapore’s Parliament, it is still not a “quantum leap”, said Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh on Saturday , in the wake of the opposition party’s best ever performance in the General Election .
“I'm not feeling euphoric at all. In fact, I think there's a lot of work to do. And I think we've got to work hard, we've got to keep our feet grounded and this is something that I'll be repeating to all the winning candidates. I expect them to keep their feet firmly grounded, and remember why they're doing what they're doing.”
Asked if he was surprised by the result and if the PAP’s decreased vote share reflected voters’ assessment of its performance over the past five years, the 43-year-old stressed that he had expected a difficult election. Nevertheless, the results also showed that the WP’s message has resonated with Singaporeans.
“I think we should remember that this election is held in actually very difficult times. I don't think we've felt the full impact of the COVID-19 fallout yet. There are difficult months ahead, and we will have to reach out to everybody if we want to come together as one united people.” But is the WP chief concerned that there will be another difficult handover from the existing town councils, just as in 2011 in Aljunied? The handover issues from that period resulted in the long-running Aljunied-Hougang Town Council saga, the fallout from which is still being felt today.
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