SM LEE “SIDESTEPPED ISSUE”
On Sunday night, Mr Lee also addressed a point made by Mr Singh at a rally earlier in the week, that not a single labour MP had raised the issue in parliament.
The Senior Minister said it was understandable why they did not do so, as the deal was initially seen as reasonable by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).
Mr Lee also said Mr Singh had failed to mention that six non-labour People’s Action Party MPs had asked questions about the deal.
Only one WP member filed a question about it, he pointed out, referring to Ms He.
Responding to this on Monday, Mr Singh said Mr Lee had “sidestepped” the issue that no labour MP spoke up about the deal.
The WP secretary-general added: “It puts into perspective the ratio of how many PAP MPs there are in parliament, and how many Workers’ Party MPs there are in parliament. The ratio isn’t one is to six, it’s closer to one is to nine.
“And that’s something that the voters have to think about very carefully, because even if you look at the entire slate, there are 26 candidates that the Workers’ Party has put forward,” said Mr Singh.
“If Singaporeans vote all these candidates into parliament, the ratio is … closer to three to nine. Government has enough space, enough leeway, enough focus to deal with the issues of today. “
