“I have discussed the matter with my wife and agreed I must step away from politics and devote myself to my family,” Mr Tan wrote in his resignation letter to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
SINGAPORE: The fallout from the extramarital affair of former Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin continues as he steps down from even more positions, including the presidency of the Singapore National Olympic Council .
Mrs Jessie Phua, the council’s most senior vice president, is set to serve as acting President in Mr Tan’s stead in the interim. She is to be appointed in SNOC’s next executive committee meeting. Mr Tan is also no longer a Patron of The Centre for Fathering, a non-profit organisation “founded in 2000 to promote active and involved Fathering and address issues caused by fatherlessness in Singapore.”He has also resigned from his role as one of the advisors to the National Council of Social Service , a position he took in 2017.
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