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‘No longer tenable for him to continue as the LO’: PM Wong removes Pritam Singh from post

The Prime Minister asked the WP to nominate another MP to serve as the next Leader of the Opposition.

Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh was removed as Leader of the Opposition on Jan 15.

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