National Solidarity Party plans to field some 30
candidates in next GE
By Saifulbahri Ismail | Posted: 11 September 2010 1904 hrs
SINGAPORE : The National Solidarity Party (NSP) plans to
field some 30 candidates in the next general election, to be held
before February 2012.
This is an increase from the 12 candidates NSP fielded in the last
elections.
At a news conference on Saturday, the opposition party hinted it is
looking at contesting in the Tampines and Jalan Besar GRCs.
The party also revealed two potential candidates to contest in the
upcoming elections.
A Malay Bureau was launched as well. NSP said the formation of its
Malay Bureau will help achieve its aim of sending the party's first
Malay candidate into Parliament, whether as an MP or
Non-Constituency MP.
National Solidarity Party's secretary-general Goh Meng Seng said:
"For our party, we are prepared to give priority to the Malay
candidates to walk into Parliament, to raise issues not only on the
Malay community, but also Singapore (issues).
"We have the trust in our Malay candidates to do so because they
are not radical, they are open-minded Malay professionals."
Zulkifli Baharudin, a political observer and former Nominated
Member of Parliament, said: "If indeed this is an indication of
more and more Singaporeans who want to be part of the opposition,
to participate in elections and to devote their lives to be the
alternative to the PAP (People's Action Party), to improve the
lives of the people, and to offer Singaporeans more choices in the
coming elections, then I think it is a positive development.
"But if it is only because they feel that even if they lose the
elections, there are more places for them to be NCMPs, then I do
not think that is the right motivation in politics."
- CNA/ms 
