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Still party leader: why the WP continues to back Pritam Singh
Description
Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh fobbed off talk that he would face a challenge to his position at the party’s proceedings on June 28.
The results from the party’s internal meetings showed that most party members are still very much behind him.
What does this mean for the WP, and has the party turned the page on the saga involving Raeesah Khan?
In this episode, I chat with Tham Yuen-C, senior political correspondent at The Straits Times who has covered WP for about a decade, and Dr Teo Kay Key, a senior research fellow at IPS Social Lab at the Institute of Policy Studies, who studies public opinion, and political and social attitudes.
Highlights (click/tap above):
1:54 Is Pritam Singh invincible?
5:50 Who are the unhappy cadres?
8:27 What the “supermajority” vote says
10:46 Cult of personality around Pritam Singh?
16:10 Party stability comes first
20:15 “Pretty much business as usual.”
23:57 End of Raeesah-gate?
Host: Natasha Ann Zachariah (natashaz@sph.com.sg)
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Edited by: Eden Soh & Natasha Liew
Executive producer: Danson Cheong
Producers: Natasha Ann Zachariah, Elizabeth Law & Zachary Lim
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