“I think the politics of Red Dot United is acceptable to the people of Singapore, and that is what we will continue to push in the next five years,” Mr Philemon said.
“A politics that is based on values, a politics that’s very, very little based on personalities, a politics that is always for the people of Singapore.”
Mr Philemon said the “ground was uneven” for RDU from the beginning of the electoral race, but the results were an achievement.
“We were competing in a very unfair, in a very disadvantaged environment,” he said.
“Considering the odds that were against us … the global events that were working against us … the fact that some of the voters had very little time to get to know us, I think Red Dot United did very well in GE2025.”
RDU WILL CONTINUE ENGAGEMENT
Pointing to Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan’s more than three decades of political experience, Mr Philemon said opposition politics is a marathon and not a sprint.
RDU will be “more than ready” when the next election comes around, and is prepared to run this marathon, he said.
Mr Philemon was part of the party’s Nee Soon GRC line-up. He said his team will remain engaged with residents in the five-member constituency even after the election.
“For Red Dot United, it is always about the people, and we will continue to stay engaged, all five of us,” he told reporters earlier on Saturday outside Yishun Town Secondary School, where he was observing the vote count.
“That is the promise that we give to the voters in Nee Soon GRC … and you will see us again in the next five years. That’s for certain.”
