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James Gomez more careful, spends one hour at Elections Department
by Ng Jing Yng
08:20 PM Apr 21, 2011
SINGAPORE - OPPOSITION candidate James Gomez who made headlines in the last elections over the submission of his minority race certificate, created a buzz when he returned to the Elections Department this morning.
Arriving at about 11.20 am with fellow Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Vincent Wijeysingh, the media trailed them from the road outside the Prinsep street office till they left the place about one hour later.
The SDP team however declined to take any questions from reporters.
In 2006, Dr Gomez claimed he had submitted the application form for his minority race certification but security footage later showed he had left it in his briefcase. Dr Gomez, who was then a Workers' Party candidate, eventually admitted to not filing the form, saying he was 'distracted' and apologised for his mistake. Yesterday, he came and left without anything in his hands.
On the second day for election candidates to collect their nomination documents, several Opposition candidates and People's Action Party representatives came to settle the necessary paperwork or collect a CD with an updated list of voters.
Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaratnam collected seven nomination forms in both Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency. He also submitted four minority race certifications including one for Socialist Front member Mansor Rahman, 59, who might be contesting in the elections with RP.
Ex-WP member Zeng Guo Yuan, 57, was also spotted. He told reporters he plans to stand as an independent candidate and that he wants to champion housing issues.
Independent candidate Andrew Kuan, who had declared he will contest in Joo Chiat SMC, collected forms for both an SMC and a 4-member GRC. He said he did so out of curiousity.
James Gomez more careful, spends one hour at Elections Department
by Ng Jing Yng
08:20 PM Apr 21, 2011
SINGAPORE - OPPOSITION candidate James Gomez who made headlines in the last elections over the submission of his minority race certificate, created a buzz when he returned to the Elections Department this morning.
Arriving at about 11.20 am with fellow Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Vincent Wijeysingh, the media trailed them from the road outside the Prinsep street office till they left the place about one hour later.
The SDP team however declined to take any questions from reporters.
In 2006, Dr Gomez claimed he had submitted the application form for his minority race certification but security footage later showed he had left it in his briefcase. Dr Gomez, who was then a Workers' Party candidate, eventually admitted to not filing the form, saying he was 'distracted' and apologised for his mistake. Yesterday, he came and left without anything in his hands.
On the second day for election candidates to collect their nomination documents, several Opposition candidates and People's Action Party representatives came to settle the necessary paperwork or collect a CD with an updated list of voters.
Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaratnam collected seven nomination forms in both Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and Single Member Constituency. He also submitted four minority race certifications including one for Socialist Front member Mansor Rahman, 59, who might be contesting in the elections with RP.
Ex-WP member Zeng Guo Yuan, 57, was also spotted. He told reporters he plans to stand as an independent candidate and that he wants to champion housing issues.
Independent candidate Andrew Kuan, who had declared he will contest in Joo Chiat SMC, collected forms for both an SMC and a 4-member GRC. He said he did so out of curiousity.
