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It is important to have more voices as well as checks and balances in Singapore’s Parliament, the Workers’ Party (WP) highlighted in the first episode of its Hammer Show, which premiered on Facebook earlier tonight (July 1).
One of their goals is to break the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) two-thirds majority in Parliament for it has allowed the ruling party to pass Bills even if they are not supported by most Singaporeans, WP party members said.
An example cited by Abdul Shariff, WP’s candidate for East Coast GRC, is the reserved presidential election in 2017, which was passed despite questions from the public.
“There was disquiet on the ground, but [the changes] were just passed.”
Meanwhile, Louis Chua, WP’s candidate for Sengkang GRC, said it is the duty of an MP to scrutinise Bills before they are passed into law.
He said: “We have to constantly think about whether or not a particular law is going to be beneficial for Singaporeans, and if it’s not, it is up to us MPs to stand up and vote against it.”
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