People's Liberal Democratic Party Explained

People's Liberal Democratic Party
Lang1:Chinese
Name Lang1:人民自由民主党
Rénmín Zìyóu Mínzhǔdǎng
Lang2:Malay
Name Lang2:Parti Liberal Demokratik Rakyat
ڤرتي ليبر ديموکراتيک رعيت
Lang3:Tamil
Name Lang3:மக்கள் தாராண்மை ஜனநாயக கட்சி
Makkaḷ tārāṇmai jaṉanāyaka kaṭci
Colorcode:
  1. CC6755
Founder:Ooi Boon Ewe
Country:Singapore
Seats1 Title:Parliament

The People's Liberal Democratic Party (abbreviation: PLDP) is a dormant political party in Singapore. It was formed by Ooi Boon Ewe, an independent candidate in the 2001 general election in Singapore. The party was approved in the midst of the 2006 general election hustling, but was days late for nomination. The party's current status is unknown.

Elections

As PLDP was registered after nomination day for the 2006 general election, Ooi was not able to contest the election under the PLDP banner.

PLDP attempted to contest in the 2011 general election, with Ooi running for the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency. However, on Nomination Day, Ooi's assentor did not turn up,[1] leading to Ooi publicly appealing to the opposition's supporters to be his assentor but to be rejected by the crowd. He subsequently shed tears over again the inability to participate in elections, being in his 70s and having desired to become a Member of Parliament.

Later in 2011, Ooi resigned as PLDP's chairman to contest in the 2011 presidential election as the presidential candidate must be a non-partisan member.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Two major upsets at Deyi nomination centre . . 27 September 2011.
  2. News: Musfirah. Hetty. Ooi Boon Ewe intends to run in presidential election. 2 June 2011. 1 June 2011.