On November 12, the Workers’ Party (WP) re-elected Sylvia Lim as chairperson and Pritam Singh as secretary-general during a meeting. At the same meeting, former Hougang MP Png Eng Huat retired from the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC), the WP’s top decision-making body, while three new members were voted in: Ang Boon Yaw (40), Nathaniel Koh (39), and Tan Kong Soon (45).

The CEC, elected biennially by the party’s cadre members, had last held elections in December 2020, during which 15 members were chosen. Among them was Raeesah Khan, who later resigned as an MP and party member in November 2021 after admitting to falsehoods in Parliament.

The 10 other members re-elected include Sengkang GRC MPs Louis Chua, He Ting Ru, and Jamus Lim, as well as Aljunied GRC MPs Gerald Giam, Faisal Manap, and Leon Perera. Hougang MP Dennis Tan, ex-WP chief Low Thia Khiang, Kenneth Foo, and Nicole Seah, who contested East Coast GRC in the 2020 General Election, were also re-elected.

Nathaniel Koh had contested Marine Parade GRC in GE 2020, while Tan Kong Soon previously served on the CEC in 2016. Ang Boon Yaw, a lawyer, began his WP volunteer work in 2012.

The re-election of Lim and Singh came shortly after a Court of Appeal ruling in the long-standing Aljunied-Hougang Town Council case. The court found that Lim, Singh, and other WP leaders acted in good faith when waiving a tender for a managing agent after winning Aljunied GRC in the 2011 General Election. However, the court also found shortcomings in the management of payment processes and handling of conflict-of-interest risks.