SINGAPORE — A fresh war of words has broken out between the People’s Action Party (PAP) and Workers’ Party over the opposition’s change in stance over the years in relation to the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
At the heart of the matter is whether a political party should make it clear publicly when changing its position on policy issues and what a responsible party should do in Singapore’s democracy.
The opposition party issued a statement on Wednesday in reply to the post, saying that its stance has been clear all along, and that it was “surprised” that Mr Chee did not rise to debate in Parliament if it was unsatisfied with replies from WP members then.In the commentary, Mr Chee said that prior to the debate in Parliament last Thursday, WP had never said they accepted the GST.
“I was therefore surprised to hear Mr Perera say, in reply to Minister Ong ’s question, that the WP has ‘accept[ed] the reality of GST at 7 per cent’ since 2018; and they now only oppose the 2 per cent increase.” “As leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh pointed out in Parliament, the Government’s raising the issue of the WP’s stance on the GST serves to distract the attention of Singaporeans,” said WP’s statement.
Responding to Mr Chee’s opinion on WP hypothetically changing its stance on a 9 per cent GST in the future, the opposition party said that future PAP governments may adopt policy positions advanced by the WP today, “much as former PAP governments implemented WP positions in the past”.Mr Chee noted that on the issue of affordable housing, PAP’s Saktiandi Supaat had highlighted in Parliament
“The responsible and honest thing to do would have been for him to either stick to his original professional views or declare upfront that he had shifted his position and explain why,” wrote Mr Chee.
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