SINGAPORE – The ruling People’s Action Party has promised to engage more widely with Singaporeans, including through new channels to foster two-way dialogue.
This is so that “we can represent your views in Parliament, and we can have more effective discussions and debates in Parliament”, said Mr Wong, who is also the PAP’s deputy secretary-general. “As a party, we want to use these groups to better engage our activists and also all stakeholders, be it healthcare professionals, environmental groups, community organisations, or individuals,” he added.
GPCs are an existing set-up within the PAP, where certain MPs are assigned scopes that are carved out along broad ministry clusters, such as trade and industry, and national development. “But as a political party, we too need to have our own effective communication channels - we cannot just rely on the civil service or government to communicate policies,” he said.
On meeting the media more regularly, PM Wong pointed out that he had in fact done it during the Covid-19 pandemic by meeting the press almost every other day.