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Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh said he has acknowledged the disappointment of some Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC residents whom he met on Nomination Day (April 23), following news that the constituency will not be contested this general electionMarine Parade-Braddell Heights walkover: Pritam Singh acknowledges disappointment, says residents understand why
Workers' Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh said he has acknowledged the disappointment of some Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC residents whom he met on Nomination Day (April 23), following news that the constituency will not be contested this general election. The People's Action Party (PAP) won this new GRC in a surprise walkover after WP did not turn up at the constituency's assigned nomination centre. WP was expected to field a team in this constituency. This is the first electoral walkover since the 2011 General Election. Responding to a question posed by the media on the walkover, Singh said on April 24 that there is «nothing untoward» about WP's decision on where to field candidates, and that they had put forward the «best slate» possible. «We want a more balanced political system. And this is the same point I made yesterday to some Marine Parade residents who I met,» he told reporters at Sengkang's Kopitiam Square. "I acknowledged and validated their disappointment that we will not standing there. Read more