Twists and turns in filling WP's NCMP seat

Singapore

THE Workers' Party (WP) succeeded on Friday in getting a parliamentary seat left vacant by one of its members filled by another member - but not before the WP representatives abstained from voting for the motion that they had set forth themselves.

Central to the WP's turnabout was the addition of amendment clauses by People's Action Party (PAP) whip Chan Chun Sing to the motion to fill the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) seat.

These events unfurled over two hours during which the House saw the WP, the largest opposition party, clash with the ruling PAP over the former's intention to field anoth…