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SINGAPORE – A former People's Action Party (PAP) candidate in Aljunied RCMP apologized for hiding a banner of the Workers' Party (WP) with his own.
million. Victor Lye, now chairman of the PAP Reservoir-Punggol division and an active local leader, said Friday on Facebook that he had asked his volunteers to correct the mistake
was after that Facebook user Ong Yu Shan posted a photo of the banners on his Facebook page. He showed Mr. Lye's Hari Raya banner, which featured the activities of the popular Bedok Reservoir-Punggol division, placed on a WP banner
M. Lye was a member of the PAP-Aljunied RCMP team at the last general election in 2015 He lost to the WP team led by Mr. Low Thia Khiang
Both banners also covered a third banner, which could not be identified.
When The Straits Times Visited the Banner Site Sunday Night (June 24), Only One Banner Remains – A Banner of WP Hari Raya
Ms. Ong wrote that she saw the banners when She went on the site of Aljunied RCMP
In response, Mr. Lye confirmed that the incident had occurred and was excused. 19659004] "Indeed, the banner should not have been placed this way, I checked and asked our volunteers to rectify the apology, thanks for pointing out."
The exchange took place in the comments section of an article by Mr. Lye
Answering ST's questions later, Mr. Lye said the incident did not occur. should never have happened.
"I would never have thought of covering other banners, that should not have happened – an isolated incident and nothing sinister," he said.
He added: "Once I was aware, I posted my answer (on Facebook) .It's just a matter of checking what happened, to correct it and to sincerely excuse it. "
He recounted how a young resident had asked if he was paid for his community work within the constituency of WP
not a penny. I told him that as volunteers, we even spend our own money doing community work, "wrote Lye
who also wrote that another resident asked if the members constituents were paid for their non-elected seats in Parliament. "said Mr. Lye:" For that, I answered, "yes." Then, he laughed, "but in fact, the guys at Aljunied RCMP have lost the smallest margin (less than 1%) .But the opposition losers are paid and sit in Parliament while you are still walking on the ground without pay and without seat of parliament? Better, you join the opposition! The siow ah! "(1965, 1965) The constitution allows a up to nine NPCs of opposition political parties to be appointed, to ensure a minimum number of opposition representatives.There are currently three – all of WP.
In response to a question from Another Facebook user, Mr. Lye later acknowledged that volunteers from other political parties were not receiving any payment.
Do not decree what they do from the heart, it does not matter. is not about credit, but to do because we care about it, we always do our best even if people say we are going to lose and we have lost, but we are still here. He said
The Straits Times reached out to Mr. Lye and WP for comment
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