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SINGAPORE – The Workers’ Party (WP) will continue to give “forward-looking suggestions for the welfare of Singaporeans” despite facing resource constraints, said party chief Pritam Singh on Saturday (July 18).
He noted that unlike the Government, which can tap a 120,000-strong civil service as a resource for parliamentary debates, the WP continues to rely mainly on its volunteer base for political work.
“The extent to which realistic policy alternatives can be advanced both in public and in Parliament is also a function of the PAP’s approach to democratic politics,” said Mr Singh, who has been designated Leader of the Opposition.
What remains to be seen, he added, is if the People’s Action Party (PAP) government will become more open in sharing information.
The Aljunied GRC MP was responding to National Development Minister Lawrence Wong, who said in a speech to PAP activists that the WP “cannot just continue asking the Government questions”.
It is also the opposition party’s duty to put forward serious policy alternatives to be scrutinised and debated, now that it has 10 MPs in Parliament, Mr Wong added.
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