New PSP chief Leong Mun Wai defends 'confrontational' style, says party focusing on building support ahead of next GE

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PSP's Leong Mun Wai says 'confrontational' style in Parliament is result of pushing for answers; he will be 'more polished' in future

”, Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Leong Mun Wai said that he is only trying his best to seek responses to questions he thinks has not been answered in Parliament.

This was the first time Mr Leong was speaking at a press conference since being elected as the party’s newAlso on the panel was PSP's chairman and founder, Dr Tan Cheng Bock, and vice-chairman Hazel Poa. “If you think that every time I pursue a minister for a definitive answer and every time I answer the speaker in order to get an opportunity to talk — that is confrontational, then I cannot say anything because I would think that is the basic duties of a parliamentarian,” said Mr Leong.“You cannot just ask a question, the minister didn’t answer you then you sit down right? You have to ask another question,” he said.Agreeing, Dr Tan said that these are “labels thrown at” Mr Leong.

On how the party aims to attract younger voters, Mr Leong acknowledged that the party started off with a strong support base of seniors such as those from the Medeka Generation, who are in their 60s and 70s. However, he said that PSP will still field"sizeable number of candidates" and the party will"most probably" contest at the same areas.

 

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