People's Liberal Democratic Party

People's Liberal Democratic Party
Chinese name人民自由民主党
Rénmín Zìyóu Mínzhǔdǎng
Malay nameParti Liberal Demokratik Rakyat
ڤرتي ليبر ديموکراتيک رعيت
Tamil nameமக்கள் தாராண்மை ஜனநாயக கட்சி
Makkaḷ tārāṇmai jaṉanāyaka kaṭci
FounderOoi Boon Ewe
Founded2 May 2006; 18 years ago (2006-05-02)
Ideology
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The People's Liberal Democratic Party (abbreviation: PLDP) is a dormant political party in Singapore. It was formed by Ooi Boon Ewe, an independent candidate in the 2001 general election in Singapore. The party was approved in the midst of the 2006 general election hustling, but was days late for nomination. The party's current status is unknown.

Elections

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As PLDP was registered after nomination day for the 2006 general election, Ooi was not able to contest the election under the PLDP banner.

PLDP attempted to contest in the 2011 general election, with Ooi running for the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency. However, on Nomination Day, Ooi's assentor did not turn up,[1] leading to Ooi publicly appealing to the opposition's supporters to be his assentor but to be rejected by the crowd. He subsequently shed tears over again the inability to participate in elections, being in his 70s and having desired to become a Member of Parliament.

Later in 2011, Ooi resigned as PLDP's chairman to contest in the 2011 presidential election as the presidential candidate must be a non-partisan member.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Two major upsets at Deyi nomination centre". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ Musfirah, Hetty (1 June 2011). "Ooi Boon Ewe intends to run in presidential election". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
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