Goh Meng Seng: Influencing the policy is more important than being in Parliament
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- 23 Sep 2022
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If you are an active member or a leader in a political party in Singapore, do you aim to win the elections so that you can have a voice in parliament? Well, that is not necessary according to the People’s Power Party secretary-general Goh Meng Seng.
In a video posted on TikTok, the host of a podcast said, “a politician must aspire to win a seat in parliament.”
Most would have agreed with that, but not the PPP’s chief, who replied, “Not in Singapore. You do not need to go into Parliament to speak up. Whether you influence the policy, that is more important.”
The video snippet was part of a four-and-a-half-hour-long interview on Mr Tok Show titled ‘pandemic and the government’s vaccination programme.’ It focuses on many different issues including content creation and freedom of speech, views on Facebook fact-checkers, POFMA, and whether GMS is a conspiracy theorist.
Although Goh has not had the best of success in the Singapore General Election with his party, he has been vocal during the pandemic, raising concerns about the rollout of Singapore’s vaccination programme.
In the 2020 elections, he received 28% of the votes against PAP’s Tin Pei Ling at the MacPherson SMC. In 2015, his team contested Chua Chu Kang GRC and managed to get only 23.11 per cent. Read More…
