SINGAPORE — The emergence of several scandals and controversies in quick succession will make it more challenging for the People's Action Party (PAP) to repair its battered image, said political analysts and an ex-Member of Parliament (MP) on Monday (July 17).
from his ministerial and MP role amid a probe by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau .
Said Mr Singh: "It’s quite unfortunate all these events are happening at the same time, never before in history have had so many things coming in altogether. Mr Singh said it has been more than six decades since the PAP last faced an analogous scenario of MPs leaving. “It would be hard to say that the element of doubt in the ruling party’s commitment to high standard has not been cast,” he said. “This could be the perfect storm for the ruling party.”
At this point, Mr Tan offered his resignation, which Mr Lee accepted but said he wanted to first ensure that the residents of Mr Tan’s ward in Kembangan-Chai Chee Analysts said that questions will be asked by the public as to why the current case with Mr Tan and Ms Cheng was not disclosed when the party first knew about the matter after GE 2020.
She added that PAP will thus have to explain the rationale behind the timing of the public release of information. “As long as we keep to that principle, no matter who you are, if you did something wrong, you have to be taken to task. And I think PM Lee has done that,” he said.He added that it is also better that PAP is clear of all controversy before the run-up to the election.
“It will have to show that voters there are not detrimentally impacted because of one fewer MP,” he said.
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