People's Action Party to elect top party leadership on Sunday

PM Lee Hsien Loong (centre) with the PAP's central executive committee members at the party conference on Nov 11, 2018. The party will be meeting to elect its new CEC on Nov 8, 2020. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - The People's Action Party (PAP) will elect its top-decision making body on Sunday (Nov 8) via distributed voting, a departure from the norm necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Typically, the more than 2,000 PAP cadres would gather at a single venue like the Singapore Expo during the biennial party conference, to cast their votes for its central executive committee (CEC).

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