Daniel Goh, a former Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP), has reportedly been expelled from the Workers’ Party (WP), for reasons undisclosed.
Goh announced the news in a Facebook post, describing his expulsion as being his “retirement from politics”.
He also hinted at the reasons for his expulsion, saying in his Facebook post that he was “expelled from WP for calling out the leadership”, and that he has to update his CV accordingly.
Included in his lengthy Facebook post was a photo of the letter that he received from the Workers’ Party, with the majority of the contents of the letter being censored, save for the part where he was told his expulsion takes immediate effect.
Here is what he said on Facebook
My retirement from politics is complete. I am still away on the work trip, and video-calling home, my older boy was excited about a registered mail and asked to open it, and then exclaimed with some amusement, Daddy you are expelled from the Workers’ Party!
My first thought, good job understanding the letter! Well he did accompany me a lot on my WP work for a good part of his early childhood and was my bastion of moral support. Then, he took photos and sent them to me.
Since the Central Executive Committee requested nicely that I not disclose the correspondence due to information about the “inner workings” of the party, I won’t.
Though ironically that is the very reason given for the expulsion. Such is the closed loop in the lack of accountability.
With this closure, I can now focus on serving my country in my responsibilities in NUS. Gotta update my CV to say I was expelled from WP for calling out the leadership.
Anyways, my dear friends, thanks for all the support and concern all these years, they were really important for me during this fruitful political journey!
Pic of redacted letter with date for the record
Source: Daniel PS Goh Facebook