GE2025: People's Power Party to contest Ang Mo Kio GRC

The People's Power Party (PPP) will field a team in Ang Mo Kio GRC at the upcoming general election, in a challenge to Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said PPP secretary-general Goh Meng Seng on April 5.

Speaking after a walkabout at Chong Boon Market and Food Centre in the constituency, Mr Goh said his party's election manifesto targets the "mismanagement of population policies" in the past 20 years, during SM Lee's time as Prime Minister.

"Now that he has stepped down, it is about time for him to take his real report card from the people," said Mr Goh.

SM Lee, who stepped down as prime minister in May 2024, is anchor minister at Ang Mo Kio GRC. His PAP team polled 71.9 per cent of valid votes in the 2020 General Election against a Reform Party team.

Mr Goh said he believed the PAP had "a very good showing" then as Singapore was weathering the Covid-19 pandemic, and Singaporeans, being rational voters, would give SM Lee their vote as they would not want to risk ending up with no prime minister amid a crisis.

For the upcoming election, the PPP has "a pretty good chance", Mr Goh said.

"I will say that even if we don't win, we will get one of the best results in Ang Mo Kio GRC," he added.

The PPP's team for Ang Mo Kio GRC will be headed by party treasurer William Lim. The party said it would announce the other members of the team at a later time.

Mr Lim, 47, who works as a limousine service provider and has been in the transport industry for more than 15 years, said he would push against policies that "go against Singaporeans' rights" if elected to Parliament.

Besides PPP, the Singapore United Party (SUP) has also spoken about its activities in Ang Mo Kio on its Facebook page. The Straits Times has reached out to SUP for more information.

Mr Goh said on April 5 that he hoped to avoid a three-cornered fight and had reached out to SUP with an "amicable resolution".

Earlier, the PPP had launched its election manifesto along with its campaign slogan, "Make Singapore Home Again".

Elaborating on the manifesto at the walkabout, Mr Goh said that Singapore no longer felt like home as the Government's "bad" population policies had resulted in various problems from high housing prices to lack of good jobs for young people, and a low fertility rate.

Mr Goh added that the "LGBT agenda should not be pushed at this stage with regards to a low total fertility rate".

He also reiterated his party's stance against compulsory vaccination, an issue he has been speaking about since the Covid-19 pandemic.

"No one should be forced to take any medical intervention against their will," he said at the walkabout.

Another issue Mr Goh spoke about was the possible use of nuclear power in Singapore. Questioning the safety of it, he said: "If you cannot even manage the MRT track... how confident are we for our government to manage a nuclear plant?"

Besides Mr Lim, the PPP also introduced three new faces who may be fielded in the upcoming election: Mr Thaddeus Thomas, a 43-year-old safety coordinator in the construction industry, Mr Heng Zheng Dao, a 24-year-old horticulturist, and Mr Samuel Lee, 33, who is currently in between jobs.