WP's Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim re-elected, ex-MP Lee Li Lian returns to CEC

WP secretary-general Pritam Singh and chairman Sylvia Lim speaking to the media after the party’s biennial conference on June 30.SINGAPORE - Workers’ Party secretary-general Pritam Singh and chairman Sylvia Lim were returned to their posts at the party’s biennial conference on June 30, paving the way for them to lead the opposition party into the next general election.

Party sources told The Straits Times that Ms Lim, 59, was again challenged by long-time WP member Tan Bin Seng, but prevailed with about two-thirds of the vote to retain the post of party chair, which she has held since 2003.There was a new addition to the CEC - former Punggol East MP Lee Li Lian, 46, who had stepped down from the party’s top decision-making body in 2020. The CEC lineup remains unchanged, apart from Ms Lee returning.

Speaking to reporters after the conference, Mr Singh said it was a “fantastic result”. “We’re looking forward to working with this CEC for the next two years,” he added. The committee was investigating the conduct of Ms Raeesah Khan, 30, then a WP MP for Sengkang GRC, after she admitted to lying in Parliament about a sexual assault victim being treated shabbily by the police.

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