GE2015: NCMP seats offered to Lee Li Lian, Dennis Tan and one from WP's East Coast team
[SINGAPORE] The Elections Department has written to the Workers' Party (WP) to offer Non-Constituency MP seats to Ms Lee Li Lian, Mr Dennis Tan, and one member of the party's East Coast GRC team.
The WP has until Tuesday to say if it will take up the seats, and if so, which of the four East Coast GRC candidates - IT consultant Gerald Giam, 37; consultancy firm chief executive Leon Perera, 44; sociology don Daniel Goh, 42; and former librarian Mohamed Fairoz Shariff, 36 - will enter Parliament.
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