WP interested in contesting Marine Parade GRC, MacPherson SMC
SINGAPORE – The Worker’s Party has expressed its interest in contesting in Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC), MacPherson Single Member Constituency (SMC), as well as areas the party has contested before.
SINGAPORE – The Workers' Party (WP) has expressed its interest in contesting in Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC), MacPherson Single Member Constituency (SMC), as well as areas the party has contested before.
Secretary General Low Thia Kiang said in a post on the party’s Facebook page: “As a matter of principle, The Workers’ Party will contest where we have contested before.
“In this case, Joo Chiat is being redrawn into Marine Parade. We don’t want to disappoint voters in Joo Chiat. We want to offer them a choice again in this election.”
The Electoral Boundaries Review Committee’s report was released on Friday. Among the changes, Joo Chiat SMC, where WP candidate Yee Jenn Jong contested in the 2011 General Election, will be absorbed into Marine Parade GRC. Competition had been fierce at the SMC with People’s Action Party candidate Charles Chong winning with 51.02 per cent of the votes.
The WP contested four GRCs and four SMCs in 2011, including Aljunied GRC and Hougang SMC, which they won, as well as East Coast GRC and Moulmein-Kallang GRC. The party also contested in Punggol East SMC which it lost to the PAP but later won in a 2013 by-election when then Member of Parliament Michael Palmer resigned.
The release of the electoral boundaries report paves the way for Parliament to be dissolved and polls to be called.