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SINGAPORE – Mr Ivan Lim did the responsible thing by withdrawing his PAP candidacy for the general election, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong on Sunday (June 28).
“He recognised the controversy around his candidacy was threatening to eclipse and distract us from the serious nature and the serious issues that we have to confront during this election and during this crisis,” Mr Wong added.
“It is a very difficult and painful decision for him, but it is a responsible thing that he did.”
Mr Lim’s decision to withdraw, he said, will allow voters to focus on how candidates plan to help Singapore deal with the wide-ranging fallout caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Wong, who helms the People’s Action Party team for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, was speaking to reporters during a walkabout in his constituency.
Mr Lim, 42, has drawn growing criticism online after he was introduced as a PAP candidate on Wednesday, with allegations about his past conduct and behaviour surfacing from various quarters. Party activists grew concerned that the issue would cast a cloud the ruling party’s campaign for the July 10 election.
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