Since the introduction of the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system of election in Singapore in Year 1988, no opposition parties have ever won a GRC in an election.
In a bid to break the PAP’s stranglehold on Singapore parliament, the Workers’ Party formed an “A-Team” of credible candidates – consisting of CHEN SHOW MAO, SYLVIA LIM, LOW THIA KHIANG, MUHAMAD FAISAL BIN ABDUL MANAP and PRITAM SINGH, to contest against incumbent George Yeo, Singapore’s Foreign Minister in the Aljunied GRC.
What makes the contest interesting is the fact that much is at stake for PAP: Mr George Yeo is the foreign minister for Singapore, while Ms Lim Hwee Hwa is the Minister in Prime Minister’s Office. The other notable PAP candidate is Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed, touted as the future Speaker of Parliament.
On 8th May 2011 at 0211hrs, the Workers’ Party team in Aljunied GRC was officially declared the winner of Aljunied GRC and overall, we now have 6 elected members of parliament from the Workers’ Party, which tripled the figures of the entire opposition MP from year 2006. What is even more amazing is the fact that the Workers’ Party Team led by Mr Low Thia Khiang won by a comfortable margin of nearly 10% – 72,165 votes for the Workers’ Party against 59,732 votes for the People Action Party.
Mr George Yeo has been very sporting in acknowledging the defeat while Ms Lim Hwee Hua was slightly teary.
Finally, a breakthrough for the opposition parties in Singapore. With a bigger team of elected MP in parliament, and being the only opposition party elected into Parliament, Singaporeans will now be hoping that there will be truly a first world parliament soon.
**Kini Parti Buruh mempunyai enam kerusi berbanding tiga sebelum ini. kat singapork rakyat dah tak sokong pap sepenuhnya, tapi disini dapig, anak yang di teran keluar oleh pap disanjung pula oleh pasrael...sigh....
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