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Podcast: Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
Episode: The Big Story: Why did Worker's Party just say 'No' to the Prime Minister? Can they just go without a Leader of the Opposition?
Description: The Workers’ Party has rejected Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s invitation to nominate another elected MP to the position of Leader of the Opposition (LO), adding that it takes the view that the leader of the largest opposition party in Parliament is the leader of the opposition. At the same time, a three-member disciplinary panel made up of senior Workers’ Party figures has been convened to review Pritam Singh’s conviction and removal as Leader of the Opposition. What powers does this panel have, what outcomes are on the table, and how might its decision reshape the party’s l...