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Who is Pritam Singh, Singapore's former Leader of the Opposition?
Who is Pritam Singh, Singapore's former Leader of the Opposition?
Pritam Singh, the leader of Singapore's largest opposition party, has been stripped of his title as the Leader of the Opposition.
The move was announced by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday, one day after parliament approved a motion that said Singh was "unsuitable" for the role because he was convicted of lying to a parliamentary committee.
Singh, 49, is currently one of the most recognisable faces in Singapore's political scene, which has long been dominated by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP).
He's also the face of a new generation of opposition politicians - though his recent political career has been marked by a series of challenges.
Singh, who graduated from the National University of Singapore and King's College London, first became a member of parliament in 2011.
He works as a lawyer, as MPs in Singapore are allowed to hold full-time jobs.
He is married with two daughters, and is a well-known supporter of Manchester United football club.
As a politician, Singh is known for his strong oratory skills in parliament and at election rallies. He has been touted as "new blood" for the centre-left Workers' Party (WP), which has gone up against the centre-right PAP in every election since Singapore's independence.
In 2018, Singh was named secretary-general of the WP, taking the helm from Low Thia Khiang, a veteran opposition politician who had led the party for nearly two decades.
Singh said at the time that he had "big shoes to fill". Under Low's leadership the party had made historic strides in expanding its presence in Parliament.
But the party has since made even more gains under Singh since then. It currently holds 12 out of 108 seats in parliament.
Singh and other lawmakers from the party play "a crucial role in maintaining checks and balances in parliament", according to Singh's biography on his party's website.
In 2020 Singh became the country's first-ever Leader of the Opposition, when the title was formally established and conferred to him by the PM.
An unofficial version of the title had previously been offered to Low, Singh's predecessor, in 2011 - but Low rejected it, claiming it was "belittling" unless offered officially.
As opposition leader, Singh was initially met with a warm welcome from across the political aisle.
On the day he was sworn in as a member of parliament in 2020, he was featured in a selfie taken by then-prime minister Lee Hsien Loong; pictured sharing a meal with then-speaker of parliament Tan Chuan-Jin; and was the only opposition politician in a delegation of MPs on an official visit to Malaysia.
But since then, his political journey has been plagued with hurdles.
Much of the troubles Singh faced surrounded his handling of Raeesah Khan, a former lawmaker from his party who confessed to lying to parliament.
During a parliamentary committee investigation into the lie, Khan said the party's leaders, including Singh, had told her to "continue with the narrative" despite knowing the truth.
In February 2025, a court convicted Singh of giving false testimony to the parliamentary committee.
Singh maintained his innocence throughout the trial, but lost his appeal against the verdict last December.
While Singh retained his seat in parliament, he was the subject of a motion raised by the Leader of the House earlier this month.
The motion, passed by lawmakers on Wednesday after a three-hour debate, said that Singh's handling of Khan's case "renders him unsuitable" to continue being the Leader of the Opposition.
His staying on in the role "would undermine the standing of parliament and public confidence in the integrity of Singapore's political system", the motion said.
Singh told parliament during the debate that he accepted the court's judgement even though he did not agree with it. His "conscience will always be clear" with regards to the charges he faced, he said.
He also said the Leader of the Opposition title was not written in law and he had never "hankered" for it.
He has vowed to continue his work as an MP even after the loss of his title.
Source: BBC
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