During the general election exactly one year ago, the Workers’ Party made history by being the first opposition party to win a group representation constituency (GRC).
With little information from their predecessors about the running of the Aljunied GRC, the five WP members elected to Parliament that day quickly had to get up to speed.
Aljunied Member of Parliament (MP) Pritam Singh described the early challenges they faced and shared his thoughts on how things have changed since.
“Becoming an opposition MP is like finding yourself in the deep end of the pool — you simply have to swim, and quickly come up to speed in dealing and resolving issues faced by the residents,” he told Yahoo! Singapore. Full story
