SINGAPORE, July 15 — In its first statement on the matter, the Workers’ Party (WP) said that it is “disappointed” at Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin’s use of...
SINGAPORE, July 15 — In its first statement on the matter, the Workers’ Party said that it is “disappointed” at Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin’s use of unparliamentary language at an April sitting and stressed the need for confidence in the Speaker’s impartiality.
In its Facebook post, WP said that it is appropriate for public concerns over Mr Tan’s “audible outbust” to be addressed in Parliament. “It is paramount that everyone has confidence that the Speaker presides over Parliamentary debates in an impartial manner,” it added. Mr Tan had issued an apology on his social media pages on Tuesday after a video emerged of him uttering “f****** populist” following a speech made by WP MP Jamus Lim on April 17.Despite Mr Tan’s apology and Ms Indranee’s move, “the PSP believes that this serious matter deserves a full parliamentary debate as it touches on parliamentary privileges, professional ethics, and the impartiality and independence of the office of the Speaker”, the party added.
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