Against NCMP scheme? You can leave the seats to other parties: PAP's Chan Chun Sing to WP
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The People's Action Party's (PAP) Chan Chun Sing had some choice words when Progress Singapore Party's Hazel Poa and Workers' Party's (WP) Kenneth Foo expressed their misgivings about the Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) scheme. Those who do not find the scheme beAgainst NCMP scheme? You can leave the seats to other parties: PAP's Chan Chun Sing to WP
The People's Action Party's (PAP) Chan Chun Sing had some choice words when Progress Singapore Party's Hazel Poa and Workers' Party's (WP) Kenneth Foo expressed their misgivings about the Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) scheme. Those who do not find the scheme beneficial are welcome to leave the seats to other opposition parties, Chan said during the Mandarin debate Zaobao Live: Face the Voters earlier on Thursday (July 2). The discussion over the NCMP scheme was precipitated by a comment from a member of the public, who questioned if the NCMP scheme was a «backdoor» to Parliament and if it was «unfair» to elected MPs. Chan, who is also Minister for Trade and Industry, maintained that the scheme guarantees that there will be opposition voices in Parliament «no matter the circumstance». The scheme gives rise to «better debates», Chan said, adding that the government was not afraid of opposing views as «gold is not afraid of fire». Taking the floor, Poa raised her reservations with the scheme, saying: "I have some suspicions about the aim of this scheme. I feel it could be something that is not beneficial to the opposition parties. Read more