“It is a mockery of our democracy” – WP politician on defeated PAP candidates having power over taxpayer funds

Workers’ Party (WP) politician Yee Jenn Jong has called out the Government’s practice of installing defeated People’s Action Party (PAP) candidates as grassroots advisers in opposition-held wards, thereby giving them the power to approve or reject community projects and the discretion on how to disburse taxpayer funds for upgrading projects proposed by the elected MPs. … Continue reading “It is a mockery of our democracy” – WP politician on defeated PAP candidates having power over taxpayer funds