Firstly, if Chee is truly sincere in avoiding a three-cornered fight, he should not get SDP to contest. Punggol East has been worked on by WP a long time ago.
Secondly, note his claim that SDP is willing to run the Town Council, while supporting WP's candidate.
Take a look at SDP's own words, when they were asked why could it not be that WP runs for election while SDP runs the Town Council:
The above initial answer is so different from the damage control answer given later, when netizens slammed SDP ridiculous idea. Full story
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