Mr Philemon also introduced Ms Kala Manickam as the RDU member who will lead the party’s work on the ground in Jalan Kayu.
When asked about what her strategy for the upcoming General Election is, Ms Manickam said that she will lean into her personal experiences to address voters’ concerns.
With her background in continuing education and training, she has noticed that some Singaporeans have undergone retraining but are still unable to find job opportunities, she said.
As a single mother to a 16-year-old son, she also can feel the pressure that parents go through in terms of bringing up children, she added.
Ms Manickam is a former Progress Singapore Party (PSP) member who ran in Nee Soon GRC during the 2020 General Election. Her membership was terminated in December 2020, and she sued the party in late 2021.
The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court, said Ms Manickam on Sunday night.
“We have gone in an amicable manner and I have nothing against the PSP, even in the past or in the present,” she said, wishing the party the best in the upcoming election.
Former human rights lawyer M Ravi was present at the walkabout, handing out flyers while wearing a lanyard that identified him as an RDU volunteer.
When asked if he might join the RDU slate for the upcoming election, Mr Ravi clarified that he intends to continue volunteering for the party since he is a Jalan Kayu resident.
“I live here and I was born in Jalan Kayu, so this place is very special to me … So I would like to pledge my support to RDU to have a strong alternative voice in parliament,” he added.
Mr Ravi stood for election as part of the six-member Reform Party team that contested in Ang Mo Kio GRC in the 2015 General Election. The team lost to a PAP slate led by then Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the constituency after garnering 21.36 per cent of the vote.
