WP co-opts 4 rookie MPs into CEC, NCMP Eileen Chong to head youth wing

[SINGAPORE] The Workers’ Party has co-opted two of its rookie MPs and its two new Non-Constituency MPs (NCMPs) into its central executive committee – its highest decision-making body.

Sengkang GRC newcomer Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik has been appointed deputy organising secretary, while Aljunied GRC rookie Kenneth Tiong has been appointed deputy treasurer, the party said in a statement on Jun 18.

NCMP Eileen Chong will be the new president of the party’s youth wing, while fellow NCMP Andre Low is now the deputy head of its media team, it added.

Chong will take the post from Sengkang MP Jamus Lim. In its statement, the WP expressed its appreciation to Dr Lim for his contributions to the youth wing’s development.

These appointments followed a CEC meeting on Jun 17, the statement added.

There are no other changes in appointments to the other CEC members, who will continue to be led by secretary-general Pritam Singh and chair Sylvia Lim, it said.

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They were elected at the Cadre Members’ Conference of the Party almost a year ago, on Jun 30, 2024.

It added: “The Workers’ Party is confident that our new CEC members will play a vital role, as we continue to serve Singaporeans and working for Singapore.”

All four are political newcomers who stood for election for the first time under the WP banner at the 2025 General Election on May 3.

They are four of five rookie MPs who will form part of the largest WP contingent of 12 in Parliament when it reopens on Sep 5.

The party’s fifth first-time MP Aljunied representative Fadli Fawzi was already on the CEC as deputy organising secretary. THE STRAITS TIMES