GE2015: WP's Daniel Goh weighs in on PAP's unveiling of candidates at coffee shops
[SINGAPORE]Workers' Party's (WP) candidate Daniel Goh has weighed in on the People's Action Party's (PAP) approach of introducing some candidates for the coming election in coffee shops and other heartland venues.
"It would have been extremely uncomfortable for me if I was introduced as a candidate at the coffeeshop or some other heartland spaces, because it would be symbolic tokenism that appropriates our living space for my own political profit," Mr Goh, 42, wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
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