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In a one-on-one between Vivian Balakrishnan of the People’s Action Party (PAP) and Jamus Lim of the Workers’ Party (WP) on the live “Singapore Votes 2020 – The Political Debate” on July 1, the foreign affairs minister dropped an oblique compliment regarding the opposition party’s manifesto.
“I read your manifesto and actually, to be honest with you… we could have written the same manifesto,” Dr Balakrishnan told Dr Lim.
“And that’s why people have called the Workers’ Party ‘PAP-lite’ or ‘PAP-like’.”
Dr Balakrishnan stated that the WP has basically used whatever stand the PAP has taken as a reference point and took a “half-step to the left”.
Dr Lim rolled with the jab and emphasised that WP does not necessarily object policies just for the sake of objection – something that fellow WP member Sylvia Lim brought up earlier today (July 1).
“Ultimately what we want is the right policy. The fact that we’re having a debate and agitating toward an answer is a step positive in that direction.”
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