Overview
- A special cadres conference convened after a requisition by 25 members resulted in a secret confidence vote that kept Pritam Singh in charge of the Workers' Party.
- The vote, which took place on Sunday, June 28, produced what party officials described as a supermajority in favour of Singh, with some sources reporting about 80 percent support.
- At the party’s biennial elections later that day Singh was returned unopposed as secretary-general and Sylvia Lim was re-elected chair as a refreshed 12‑member CEC was chosen that includes veteran Low Thia Khiang and new member Harpreet Singh.
- Singh’s retention follows a disciplinary panel finding and a formal CEC reprimand this year after the High Court in December 2025 upheld his conviction for lying to a parliamentary committee, and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong removed him as Leader of the Opposition in January.
- The outcome closes the internal challenge but raises questions about leadership renewal, how swing voters view the party’s standards of accountability, and the practical effects of leaving the Leader of the Opposition role unfilled.