Current Affairs
The Workers’ Party elects new CEC
Party elects 14 members – with 3 new faces.
The party elects 3 new faces, only one minority member in new CEC
The Workers’ Party (WP) elected a new Central Executive Council (CEC) this afternoon at the party’s headquarters in Syed Alwi Road.
The Online Citizen (TOC) understands that three new members were elected into the CEC this time round. The current CEC now has 14 members, one more than the last CEC. The three new members are Koh Choong Yong, who is also the vice president of the Youth Wing, Lilian Lee and Png Eng Huat, whom TOC understands is an active member in the party’s welfare and grassroots activities in Hougang.
The two who have stepped down are Abdul Salim and Lee Wai Leng, both of whom stood in the 2006 general elections as part of the WP’s Ang Mo Kio outfit which went up against Mr Lee Hsien Loong’s PAP team.
Yaw Shin Leong has also retained his position despite the recent controversy over his revelation that he had voted for the PAP in the last elections. Notably, the new CEC compromises all Chinese members except for one, current vice-chairman Mohammed Rahizan bin Yaacob.
The 14 members of the new CEC are:
Low Thia Khiang
Sylvia Lim
Mohammed Rahizan bin Yaacob
Eric Tan
Yaw Shin Leong
Perry Tong
Glenda Han
Brandon Siow
Jane Leong
Ng Swee Bee
Poh Lee Guan
Koh Choong Yong
Lilian Lee
Png Eng Huat
TOC will provide further updates if and when we receive more news.
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