Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will nominate Seah Kian Peng, a former deputy speaker of parliament, at the next sitting of Parliament in August, said his office.
The prime minister will nominate Seah, a former deputy speaker of parliament, at the next sitting of Parliament in August, according to a statement from his office.
The experienced Seah, 61, is an MP for Marine Parade GRC. He was Deputy Speaker between 2011 and 2016.The tiny island nation that has cultivated a reputation for clean governance has been consumed by recent scandals involving ruling party lawmakers. Once seen as a potential prime ministerial candidate by political observers, Tan Chuan-Jin stepped down from positions in government and the party this week, becoming the second parliament speaker to resign for having an inappropriate relationship in just over a decade.
Days later, Singapore’s main opposition party announced that one of its lawmakers resigned following another affair with a colleague. - Bloomberg
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