Singapore's PAP Out to Hamstring Opposition Party

Workers’ Party MP’s parliamentary falsehood provides chance to attack

It appears all but certain that later this week, Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party will succeed in crippling the 65-year-old opposition Worker Party with a recommendation that two of its leaders be referred for criminal prosecution over allegations they covered up a lie to parliament by a now-resigned party member.

The saga has presented the PAP w…