Singapore United Party | |
Lang1: | Malay |
Name Lang1: | Malay: Parti Bersatu Singapura[1] |
Lang2: | Chinese |
Name Lang2: | Chinese: 统一党[2] Tǒngyīdǎng |
Lang3: | Tamil |
Split: | Reform Party |
Headquarters: | Blk 338 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 #01-1677 |
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Secretary General: | Andy Zhu |
Leader2 Title: | Chairman |
Leader2 Name: | Chandran S/O Sanmugam @ Muhammad Ridhuan |
Founder: | Andy Zhu |
Position: | Centre-left |
Website: | Official website |
Country: | Singapore |
Seats1 Title: | Parliament |
The Singapore United Party (abbreviation: SUP) is an opposition political party in Singapore founded on 24 December 2020.
The party was formed out of former members of the Reform Party in the aftermath of the 2020 Singaporean general election. Its secretary-general is Andy Zhu, formerly chairman of the Reform Party.
Following the 2020 general election, the Reform Party announced that its chairman Andy Zhu and treasurer Noraini Yunus had stepped down from the central executive committee. Reform Party secretary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam alleged that Zhu had modified the party's payment policy without prior approval and the pair had been voted out unanimously. Zhu declined the allegations and claimed that he had been ousted via "undemocratic” means, while also contesting Jeyaretnam's statement that the vote had been unanimous.[3]
On 24 December 2020, the Singapore United Party was registered at the Registry of Societies, with Zhu becoming the party's secretary-general. Zhu sought to emphasise that the party was not a breakaway faction of his former party; analysts have noted that the party at its founding consists of a large proportion of former members of the Reform Party.[4] As the party is still new to the electoral landscape of Singapore, it lacks a distinct manifesto or ideology, though it has pledged to work on "bread-and-butter issues"[5] and women's rights.[6]
The following members are part of the Singapore United Party's central executive committee.[7]
Officer-holder | Name | |
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Secretary-General | Andy Zhu | |
Deputy Secretary-General | N/A | |
Chairman | Chandran S/O Sanmugam @ Muhammad Ridhuan | |
Deputy Chairman | N/A | |
Treasurer | Noraini Yunus | |
Deputy Treasurer | Tyeisha Syaquilla Ayub | |
Organizing Secretary | Kenneth Zhang | |
Pro-Term Committee Member | Mohamad Affendy Abdul Rahim | |
Pro-Term Committee Member | Darren Soh | |
Pro-Term Committee Member | Zhang Guoqiang | |
Pro-Term Committee Member | Choo Zin Chye | |
Pro-Term Committee Member | Gurdev Singh |