COMMENT BY WONG KAN SENG ON LOW THIA KHIANG’S  REMARKS MADE AT THE WORKERS’ PARTY RALLY TONIGHT 5 MAY 2006

Mr Low Thia Khiang was reported to have said at the Workers’ Party this evening that he had intended all his minority candidates to apply for minority certificates so that his Party can have the option or flexibility to deploy them to any GRC which the Workers’ Party wants to contest in.

This is a new argument and surprising explanation, one that he did not give throughout the whole week when the subject of Gomez’s missing minority certificate was reported in the media or in the Workers’ Party rallies or walkabouts.  What Low Thia Khiang and Sylvia Lim did say was that the Party never had any intention to field Gomez in Ang Mo Kio which required an Indian minority certificate, and that the plan has always been to field Gomez in Aljunied which required a Malay minority certificate.

Low Thia Khiang’s comment this evening also does not square with Gomez’s conversation when he talked to Inderjit Singh in the presence of Thiayagarajah.  Gomez himself also did not use this new argument just put out by Low Thia Khiang.  What Gomez did say was that he did not file his minority certificate. 

So, if Gomez’s own explanation can be believed, then Low Thia Khiang must have thought of this new explanation only in the last 24 hours. 

Anyway, after the general election, there will be a full public resolution on this matter.

WONG KAN SENG

5  MAY 2006