Singapore GE: Ivan Lim saga raises questions about PAP’s candidate screening process, says Lee Hsien Yang
Progress Singapore Party member Lee Hsien Yang speaking to fellow party member Wendy Low during a breakfast meeting at Tiong Bahru Market, June 24, 2020. — TODAY pic
Lee, who is the younger brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was speaking to the media just hours before Lim, who had only been introduced by the PAP on Wednesday, announced that he would withdraw from the election, given the fierce controversy that his candidacy had unleashed.During a walkabout at Holland Village, in Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency , he was asked to comment on the criticisms that had been lobbed against Lim in the past week.
“And if they didn’t know about it, then perhaps one should worry that the screening process is not as thorough as it can be. But you know, one has to hear what the person in concern has to say. I think some of the people who gave feedback have also been prepared to come forward. I am only a bystander in this.”“I don’t have star power, but I think others maybe do,” he replied.
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