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He said: "It was 30 years ago that JBJ became the first elected opposition MP in 1981. I hope we don't go back to those days without any opposition MP."
On why he decided to contest Aljunied GRC and leave the Hougang single seat ward, where he has been incumbent MP since 1991, he said: "I have contemplated this for a very long time. For the last 20 years since I was the MP, the opposition has not been progressing but has been regressing instead. Is this desirable for Singapore?"
He also said that his party received strong support from the voters in 2006, and became more determined to run there after the boundary report was published.
