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Chiam see tong make it again
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Last night, the Supreme Executive Council (SEC) of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) convened for a meeting in the absence of Mr Chiam See Tong and his supporters. Mr Chiam is the Chairman of the SDA.
During the Press Conference, Mr Lim showed journalists a SMS from Mdm Luo Wenli (or Mrs Chiam) that was sent to him at 1pm earlier. The SMS read “Not attending, Chiam See Tong, SDA Chairman.”
As a result, the SEC not only rejected Mr Chiam’s motion to replace Mr Desmond Lim with aide Mr Mohd Hamim as the SDA Secretary General, the SEC also removed Mr Chiam’s privilege as Chairman to speak and negotiate on the behalf of the SDA.
The SEC also decreed that Mr Desmond Lim would be allowed to serve the full 2-year term as the Secretary General of the SDA. Mr Lim’s term expires in the first quarter of 2010. The Secretary-General is now the sole person who can speak and negotiate on the behalf of the SDA.
The SEC outcome suggests that Mr Chiam’s influence within the alliance is waning. While Mr Chiam was able to contain the leadership challenge within the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), he was unable to do so within the SDA despite leading the SDA since December 1996.
Consequently, Mr Chiam is no longer able to complete the negotiation with Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam (Secretary General of the Reform Party) on the Reform Party’s entry into the SDA, which started discreetly a year ago.
The SEC outcome also signals a victory for the SDA faction that opposes Reform Party’s terms for joining the SDA. During the Press Conference, Mr Lim emphasised that the SDA does not oppose any opposition political party joining the SDA. “But every interested political party has to abide by our constitution,” he said.
For Mr Lim who lost his party office as the SPP Assistant Secretary General, the score between him and the Chiams has certainly even out. However, Mr Chiam would not give up so easily. According to sources, Mr Chiam’s SDA faction has started consolidating opinion pertaining to the similarity between the SDA and SPP logo. This move may be part of SDA’s exit strategy which also serves to reduce the credibility of the SDA.
11 out of 15 SEC members turned up for the meeting last night. According to the Constitution of the SDA, a SEC meeting can be convened in the absence of its Chairman as long as the quorum equivalent to half the SEC membership is fulfilled and there is a Vice-Chairman chairing in place of the Chairman. The SDA has 3 component parties and each component party is represented by 5 SEC members.
Among the 11 SEC members were Mr Desmond Lim and Mr Yen Kim Khooi from the SPP, all 5 representatives from the PKMS which includes Mr Ali Asjadi (Vice Chairman of the SDA) and 4 representatives from the Singapore Justice Party (SJP). The 5th SJP representative was unable to attend the SEC meeting as he was overseas.
Zaobao managed to contact Mr Sin Kek Tong (Chairman of the SPP). He said he was unable to attend the SEC meeting because he was busy. Mr Sin also added, “I don’t intend to get into further involvement with the SDA. I prefer to concentrate on SPP’s preparatory work for the next General Election (GE). The way the SDA continues to handle matters is surely not the way to secure electoral victory. If we continue to lose at the next GE, how are we going to be accountable to the electorate?”
On whether Mr Chiam may leave the SDA and continue negotiation for cooperation during GE with the Reform Party as the Secretary General of the SPP, Mr Sin said, “I will support whatever decision Mr Chiam makes.”
During the Press Conference, Mr Lim showed journalists a SMS from Mdm Luo Wenli (or Mrs Chiam) that was sent to him at 1pm earlier. The SMS read “Not attending, Chiam See Tong, SDA Chairman.”
As a result, the SEC not only rejected Mr Chiam’s motion to replace Mr Desmond Lim with aide Mr Mohd Hamim as the SDA Secretary General, the SEC also removed Mr Chiam’s privilege as Chairman to speak and negotiate on the behalf of the SDA.
The SEC also decreed that Mr Desmond Lim would be allowed to serve the full 2-year term as the Secretary General of the SDA. Mr Lim’s term expires in the first quarter of 2010. The Secretary-General is now the sole person who can speak and negotiate on the behalf of the SDA.
The SEC outcome suggests that Mr Chiam’s influence within the alliance is waning. While Mr Chiam was able to contain the leadership challenge within the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), he was unable to do so within the SDA despite leading the SDA since December 1996.
Consequently, Mr Chiam is no longer able to complete the negotiation with Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam (Secretary General of the Reform Party) on the Reform Party’s entry into the SDA, which started discreetly a year ago.
The SEC outcome also signals a victory for the SDA faction that opposes Reform Party’s terms for joining the SDA. During the Press Conference, Mr Lim emphasised that the SDA does not oppose any opposition political party joining the SDA. “But every interested political party has to abide by our constitution,” he said.
For Mr Lim who lost his party office as the SPP Assistant Secretary General, the score between him and the Chiams has certainly even out. However, Mr Chiam would not give up so easily. According to sources, Mr Chiam’s SDA faction has started consolidating opinion pertaining to the similarity between the SDA and SPP logo. This move may be part of SDA’s exit strategy which also serves to reduce the credibility of the SDA.
11 out of 15 SEC members turned up for the meeting last night. According to the Constitution of the SDA, a SEC meeting can be convened in the absence of its Chairman as long as the quorum equivalent to half the SEC membership is fulfilled and there is a Vice-Chairman chairing in place of the Chairman. The SDA has 3 component parties and each component party is represented by 5 SEC members.
Among the 11 SEC members were Mr Desmond Lim and Mr Yen Kim Khooi from the SPP, all 5 representatives from the PKMS which includes Mr Ali Asjadi (Vice Chairman of the SDA) and 4 representatives from the Singapore Justice Party (SJP). The 5th SJP representative was unable to attend the SEC meeting as he was overseas.
Zaobao managed to contact Mr Sin Kek Tong (Chairman of the SPP). He said he was unable to attend the SEC meeting because he was busy. Mr Sin also added, “I don’t intend to get into further involvement with the SDA. I prefer to concentrate on SPP’s preparatory work for the next General Election (GE). The way the SDA continues to handle matters is surely not the way to secure electoral victory. If we continue to lose at the next GE, how are we going to be accountable to the electorate?”
On whether Mr Chiam may leave the SDA and continue negotiation for cooperation during GE with the Reform Party as the Secretary General of the SPP, Mr Sin said, “I will support whatever decision Mr Chiam makes.”
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