The SIngaporeans First Party (SingFirst) has confirmed
that it will not be contesting the Ang Mo Kio GRC in the upcoming
elections.
In a statement on Monday, the party said, “To avoid a
3-corner fight, SingFirst will hereby withdraw its interest to
contest AMK GRC and focus its resources on Tanjong Pagar and Jurong
GRCs.”
The statement was signed by its secretary general, Tan
Jee Say.
The Reform Party (RP), which had contested the Ang Mo
Kio GRC in the last elections, were visibly upset when SingFirst
expressed interests in the constituency at the all-party meeting of
opposition parties last week.
Also on Monday, the National Solidarity Party (NSP)
announced that it is pulling out of the contests in Macpherson SMC
and Marine Parade GRC, leaving the two constituencies to the
Workers’ Party to have a straight fight with the People’s Action
Party (PAP).
The WP chairman, Sylvia Lim, thanked the NSP for its
withdrawal and said that the WP will now focus on the 10
constituencies it will be contesting in the elections.
The only potential three-cornered remains in Potong
Pasir SMC, where lawyer Tan Lam Siong has said he will be
contesting as an independent candidate against the Singapore
People’s Party’s Lina Chiam and the incumbent PAP MP, Sitoh
Yihpin.
Everywhere else will be straight fight between the
opposition and the ruling party.
