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..Yaw Shin Leong not appealing WP explusion
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.By Jeanette Tan
.PostsWebsite .By Jeanette Tan | Yahoo! Newsroom – 5 minutes ago....
....Former member of parliament for Hougang and Workers' Party member Yaw Shin Leong says he will not be appealing his expulsion from the party, therefore renouncing his seat in parliament.
Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer announced in a press statement issued Wednesday that Yaw had responded on Monday to a letter sent to him by the Clerk of Parliament last week, which sought confirmation that Yaw would be vacating his MP seat and would not be appealing his dismissal.
He had until Friday, 24 Februrary, to respond to the letter sent to him.
"In view of the above, and pursuant to Article 46(2)(b) of the Constitution, the seat for the Member of Hougang is vacant from the date of his expulsion from the political party for which he stood in the 2011 General Election, that is, 14 February 2012," said Palmer in the statement.
He added that he will be making a formal announcement to the House when Parliament next convenes on 28 February.
The Workers' Party announced last Wednesday that it had expelled Yaw on 14 February, and its secretary-general Low Thia Khiang had informed Parliament officially of his dismissal two days later.|
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.By Jeanette Tan
.PostsWebsite .By Jeanette Tan | Yahoo! Newsroom – 5 minutes ago....
....Former member of parliament for Hougang and Workers' Party member Yaw Shin Leong says he will not be appealing his expulsion from the party, therefore renouncing his seat in parliament.
Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer announced in a press statement issued Wednesday that Yaw had responded on Monday to a letter sent to him by the Clerk of Parliament last week, which sought confirmation that Yaw would be vacating his MP seat and would not be appealing his dismissal.
He had until Friday, 24 Februrary, to respond to the letter sent to him.
"In view of the above, and pursuant to Article 46(2)(b) of the Constitution, the seat for the Member of Hougang is vacant from the date of his expulsion from the political party for which he stood in the 2011 General Election, that is, 14 February 2012," said Palmer in the statement.
He added that he will be making a formal announcement to the House when Parliament next convenes on 28 February.
The Workers' Party announced last Wednesday that it had expelled Yaw on 14 February, and its secretary-general Low Thia Khiang had informed Parliament officially of his dismissal two days later.|