The Ex-WP member was also unhappy with the way WP handled the Raeesah Khan episode and had suggested last year that the party may have been restrictive when it came to the way members expressed themselves
SINGAPORE: The Workers’ Party’s expulsion of former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Daniel Goh earlier this month has received mixed reactions, with some saying the party made the right decision while others have questioned the lack of transparency over the issue from the WP’s leadership.
Although the ex-NCMP did not elaborate on the details of the “inner workings” he referred to, he had previously mentioned in 2022 that WP had established a disciplinary committee to investigate his Facebook posts about the Raeesah Khan saga. Some WP supporters took a dim view of these Facebook posts, interpreting his comments as an attack on the party during a difficult time. These critics have welcomed the WP’s decision to expel Assoc Prof Goh, positing that it would be difficult for the party leadership to trust him given his actions.
“We want to return to being regular citizens, free to express ourselves as individuals, without others questioning our loyalties and allegiances.” “Indeed, without Daniel’s almost academic approach to policy, the WP probably wouldn’t have had a robust manifesto in GE2015, relevant for modern times. Current WP MPs would do well to remember that it was this manifesto which formed the basis of the one they campaigned and got elected on in 2020.”
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