The People's Action Party (PAP) elected its new central executive committee (CEC) at its biennial conference on Sunday, with Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong stepping down as secretary-general and proposing Prime Minister Wong as his successor.
The People's Action Party ( PAP ) elected its 38th central executive committee ( CEC ) - the party's top decision-making body - during the biennial PAP Conference on Sunday (Nov 24). Party chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the new members during the event's finale, after party cadres voted on the matter earlier that morning. Over 3,000 attendees, including PAP cadres, guests and branch activists, were present at the conference, which was held at the Singapore Expo.
The 12 new members were elected by party cadres through a secret ballot from an initial pool of 19 candidates. Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat and Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng were also co-opted into the committee, which is expected to meet in a few weeks time to elect PAP's incoming secretary-general. In what he referred to as his last speech as secretary-general and a 'significant milestone', SM Lee said that he intends to propose the CEC elect PM Wong as the new party chief when it next meets. SM Lee added that he will remain in the CEC in a supporting and advisory role, offering PM Wong 'the benefit of experience'. 'In the CEC, as in the Cabinet, I will neither be the first responder, nor the final decision-maker,' he said. He spoke in Malay and Mandarin before stating in English that this was his first time addressing party members at the PAP Conference as Singapore’s Prime Minister. PM Wong added that he will lead the PAP into the next general election, which must be held by November 2025, with the support of SM Lee and the newly-elected CEC
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