Published on 25 Oct 2026

No new faces in PAP's top leadership signals party's preference for stability & continuity: Analysts

The People's Action Party (PAP)'s newly announced central executive committee (CEC) on Oct. 25 saw the previous line-up of core leaders re-elected, with all 14 members returning from the previous CEC. To NTU SSS Assoc Prof Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, the election results are "basically status quo". He said that Jeffrey Siow and Jasmin Lau not getting elected shows that PAP cadres do not see them as among the most important people in the leadership at the moment. However, this could change fast if they do a good job in their respective ministries, he added.

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