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SINGAPORE: Mr Pritam Singh’s future as the secretary-general of the Workers’ Party (WP) will be on the agenda at a special cadres conference on Jun 28, where he will face a secret vote on his position if he does not offer to step down, CNA has learnt.<\/p>\n
A notice sent to cadres, seen by CNA, said the conference will be held \u201carising from a requisition from 25 cadre members\u201d.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the party\u2019s central executive committee issued Mr Singh a letter of reprimand, following an internal disciplinary process stemming from his court conviction for lying to a parliamentary committee.<\/p>\n
The notice to cadres laid out the three-part agenda for the meeting later this month.<\/p>\n
First up is for Mr Singh to \u201caccount to cadre members on convicted charges of lying to the parliamentary committee of privileges per Singapore High Court judgment to uphold conviction\u201d.<\/p>\n
Secondly, the cadres are calling for Mr Singh to step down immediately as secretary-general for breaching Article 30 of the party\u2019s constitution \u2013 to be “honest and frank in all his dealings with the party and the people of Singapore”.<\/p>\n
If Mr Singh does not do so, there will be \u201ca secret vote by cadres to decide if the secretary-general is to remain or step down\u201d, according to the third item on the agenda.<\/p>\n
The chairperson for the special cadres conference, which will be held at noon, is WP\u2019s policy research head Gerald Giam.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s biennial ordinary cadre members\u2019 conference will also be held at 3pm that day, during which cadres will elect the party\u2019s secretary-general, chairperson and 12 members to its top decision-making body, the central executive committee.<\/p>\n
The previous three CEC elections were held in December 2020, November 2022 and June 2024.<\/p>\n
When contacted by CNA, the WP said it had no comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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