GE: Opposition set to resolve GRC issues
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By S Ramesh | Posted: 05 March 2011 1536 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore's major opposition parties are meeting for the second time this week ahead of the coming General Election which must take place before February next year.
Election fever has heightened since the recent release of the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC) Report, which carved out 12 Single-Member Constituencies (SMC) and 15 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs).
This brings the total number of constituencies to 87 from the current 84.
A leader of one of the opposition parties told Channel NewsAsia the discussions this time is a bit more difficult to resolve compared to the 2006 General Election.
The leader said he hopes guidelines can be drawn up.
He is proposing if two opposition parties are eyeing a particular GRC or SMC, preference be given to the party which contested in that ward in the last General Election to avoid a three-cornered fight.
The opposition parties are hoping to contest all 12 SMCs while their position on GRCs is expected to become clearer after Saturday's meeting.
A case that the leader highlighted would be Punggol East which has now been carved out of the Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC.
Both the Workers' Party and the Singapore Democratic Alliance, which contested Pasir Ris Punggol in the last General Election, are staking a claim to that ward.
Channel NewsAsia understands the Workers' Party is keen to field a candidate in Punggol East as it is near the Aljunied GRC which it has indicated it plans to contest.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
By S Ramesh | Posted: 05 March 2011 1536 hrs
This brings the total number of constituencies to 87 from the current 84.
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There is a mistake.
We do not have so many constituencies.
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Originally posted by tranquilice:
There is a mistake.We do not have so many constituencies.
technically there are 87, a grc is a group of constituencies...