The Workers’ Party (WP) will hold its party conference on June 30 to elect a new leadership team that will take it into the upcoming general election (GE).
Although the name list for the party’s internal election will be revealed only on the day itself, WP secretary-general Pritam Singh, 47, and chairwoman Sylvia Lim, 59, are expected to run for their current posts. One thing to look out for is whether former party chief Low Thia Khiang will remain in the line-up.
Mr Singh, who is Leader of the Opposition, returned unopposed in the party’s last internal election on Nov 12, 2022. He has been party leader since 2018.
At the same 2022 election, Ms Lim was challenged by long-time WP member Tan Bin Seng – a former WP chairman and one-time GE candidate – but won with about two-thirds of the total vote, said cadres who were present then. She has been chairwoman of the party since 2003.
The party’s cadres, members with voting rights, vote for the two top leadership positions separately. They then vote for other members to hold office in the party’s top decision-making body.
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