[FULL] Parliament debate on Pritam Singh’s suitability as Leader of the Opposition

Parliament has deemed Pritam Singh unsuitable to continue as Leader of the Opposition.
The House has expressed the view that Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh is unsuitable to stay on as the Leader of the Opposition (LO), following his conviction for lying to a parliamentary committee.
Following a three-hour debate on Jan 14, the House approved a motion that said Mr Singh’s conduct and conviction in relation to then-WP MP Raeesah Khan’s lie in Parliament in 2021 meant he had fallen short of the requirements and standards expected of an LO.
As such, Mr Singh’s continuation as LO would undermine the standing of Parliament and public confidence in the integrity of Singapore’s political system, added the motion, which was raised by Leader of the House Indranee Rajah.
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Chapters:
00:00 Speaker of Parliament Seah Kian Peng reminds MPs of the Standing Orders
01:40 Leader of the House Indranee Rajah starts motion
31:05 WP chairwoman Sylvia Lim and WP's Kenneth Tiong raise a points of order
33:40 Indranee continues motion
43:40 Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh says he has raised the party whip
54:55 Shanmugam rises to ask Pritam on what basis he is using Loh Peiying’s statements
01:04:00 New NMP Kuah Boon Theng says she is speaking as a “non-partisan member of this House”
01:18:22 Tin Pei Ling says debates held in Parliament affect Singaporeans directly
01:24:48 NMP Mark Lee says he supports the motion
01:32:30 WP chairwoman Sylvia Lim Indranee’s motion does not serve Singaporeans and is a ‘party political exercise’
01:40:10 WP’s Gerald Giam says motion appears to impose political penalty on Pritam
01:45:15 NMP Neo Kok Beng says that as an engineer, he is accustomed to looking at facts
01:48:10 Cassandra Lee raises point of clairification
01:49:10 WP’s Kenneth Tiong asks why Parliament was not asked to judge former Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin
01:52:43 Dr Syed Harun Alhabsyi says it falls to Parliament to ‘draw a line in the sand’
02:14:36 Indranee Rajah starts wrap up
02:48:30 Pritam says one-party dominant systems need balance, genuine alternative voices
03:03:40 Parliament votes on the motion, all 11 WP MPs in the House record their dissent



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