Singapore Workers’ Party Rejects Leader of Opposition Role
Pritam Singh at the State Courts ahead of a verdict for his trial in Singapore in Feb. 2025. .
Photographer: Lionel Ng/BloombergSingapore’s main opposition party said it will not nominate a replacement leader of the opposition after Pritam Singh was stripped of the title last week by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong following a conviction for lying to a parliamentary committee.
“The Workers’ Party takes the view that the leader of the largest opposition party in parliament, is the leader of the opposition,” the political group said in a statement on Wednesday.