Up to S’poreans to hold all parties, politicians to consistent high standards post 'Raeesah-gate': Observers
A lying saga that put the Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh at peril of facing criminal charges has underlined the need for the electorate to hold their political parties and representatives alike to the same high standards and values, observers said. They noted that the political stakes in Singapore have been shaken up in the wake of the House accepting a parliamentary panel's recommended sanctions on Mr Singh, who is the opposition Workers' Party (WP) chief, along with his vice-chairman Faisal Manap and former MP Raeesah Khan.
Asst Prof Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, from NTU’s School of Social Sciences, said in a Facebook post on Wednesday: "What matters most is how middle-ground voters feel. Whether they believe that WP's credibility has been hit, or whether they feel this is injustice against an opposition which already does not have the same power as the incumbents."
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