Speaking in Parliament on February 26, addressing the Singapore Budget 2025 presented by Prime Minister and Finance Lawrence Wong last week, Pritam Singh criticised the Singapore Government’s decision to raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2023 and 2024, stating that these moves had fanned the “flames of inflation”. The country’s “exceedingly healthy fiscal position” made the GST hikes unnecessary, he said.
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Singapore LOP Pritam Singh keeps Parliament seat despite guilty verdict; can contest 2025 general elections
Speaker Seah told Parliament that the Singapore Attorney General’s Chambers had advised that the SGD 10,000 cut-off — one of the disqualification criteria for an MP — was based on the court penalty for one single offence, not for the cumulative penalties for two offences.
Singapore LOP Pritam Singh found guilty of two charges of lying to parliamentary Committee of Privileges
The months-long trial of Pritam Singh, the 48-year-old Secretary General of the Workers’ Party and Leader of the Opposition in Singapore Parliament, has resulted in his conviction today. He has 14 days to file an appeal once the sentencing is done. During the course of today’s verdict hearing, the judge said that Singh had “wilfully” […]
Pritam Singh case verdict: What is in store for Singapore’s Leader of Opposition?
This verdict comes at a crucial time, as general elections are set to be held in Singapore by the second half of 2025, and a conviction could see the Leader of the Opposition barred from contesting the elections.
Pritam Singh trial: Workers’ Party chief testifies he told Raeesah Khan to take “ownership and responsibility” of her false claim
The Workers’ Party leader appeared in court on November 5 to testify following the ruling by Deputy Principal District Judge Luke Tan that there was a case for Singh to answer for both the charges against him. The trial began on October 14.
Could Pritam Singh get jail time over alleged lies told before Singapore Parliament committee?
The charges against Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh, 48, relate to what he said before a Committee of Privileges of the Singapore Parliament. The committee questioned Singh regarding a lie that his party colleague and former MP Raeesah Khan told the Singapore Parliament in 2021.
