Pritam Singh explains why WP didn't contest in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC

Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh has addressed the walkover at Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.

In a Facebook post on Apr. 23, after nominations closed at 12pm, Singh said the party had to make the difficult choice of where to deploy their limited resources.

Singh said that this was so as the electoral boundaries got redrawn ahead of GE2025.

Singh wrote:

The Workers’ Party contested in Marine Parade GRC since GE2015, after Joo Chiat SMC was drawn into it following GE2011. Voters would remember that our candidate for Joo Chiat SMC, Yee Jenn Jong, lost by a mere 388 votes at GE2011.

For GE2025, Joo Chiat SMC has been drawn out of Marine Parade GRC into East Coast GRC by the Electoral Boundary Review Committee. Meanwhile, MacPherson SMC and other estates have been drawn into the newly constituted Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC.

It is with a heavy heart I share that The Workers' Party will not stand in Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC for these general elections.

This was a very difficult decision for us, and as a small opposition party, we are constantly faced with difficult choices about where and how best to deploy our limited resources, particularly after electoral boundaries are redrawn.

After much reflection and careful consideration, we have determined that in order to continue fighting for the principles and changes we all believe in, and to give our candidates the best chance of electoral success, the Party must focus its best efforts this GE on a smaller number of constituencies than we would have hoped to contest.

He thanked the residents there for their support and encouragement.

Top photo via Pritam Singh