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Can Singaporeโs opposition Workersโ Party ride out scandal of its lying lawmaker Raeesah Khan?
A snowballing controversy involving a lawmaker who resigned after lying in parliament is threatening the Singaporean opposition leader, Pritam Singh, less than 18 months after his party made historic electoral gains with the backing of the city stateโs younger generation.
The saga initially seemed to only involve Raeesah Khan โ a darling among Gen Z and millennial voters โ but an ongoing parliamentary inquiry into the case has dragged Singh and other high-ranking leaders of the Workersโ Party (WP) into the picture.
In a nine-hour testimony last Friday before the parliamentary Committee of Privileges, Singh repeatedly denied suggestions that he acted improperly by failing to take Raeesah to task even though he and two other top party leaders knew within days that her August 3 speech about the police mishandling a sexual assault case contained falsehoods.
Apart from scrutinising Raeesahโs breach of parliamentary rules, the committee โ made up primarilyโฆ
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Walter E. Kurtz
Apr 25
The imbecilic Edwin Tong appears a lot more relaxed and in his element during the latest grilling of a much less adversarial Raeesah Khunt. ;)
Embarrassing: Edwin Tong stutters whilst questioning Pritam Singh during COP hearing
Pritam Singh: "No I'm not giving anything away, I'm only giving the truth away."
Edwin Tong: "I... I... Er... We will be the judge of that..."
Pritam Singh : "I'm sure you will."
(Fast forward to 32:08 to view)
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Complete coverage by Wanbao of the Raeesah Khan saga
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The Baron
Apr 25
Indeed, then again I reckon in politics integrity is everything, as party chief he probably won't stand for going into this year's GE with an obvious stain etched on his character. Whether to appeal or not, he's surely being caught between a rock and a hard place. Oh well.
PAP caught lying whilst being questioned by WP on proposed GST raise?
https://www.facebook.com/workersparty/photos/pcb.4383815234968359/4383814211635128
Refer to slide no.2 in particular- HSK is not being forthcoming about actual surpluses generated?
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They almost made it, sigh. Better luck next time ๐ค