The PAP statement of 3 July 2025, “Politics should stop at the water’s edge” makes reference to the Leader of Opposition’s recent podcast with Keluar Sekejap, a popular Malaysian podcast that was released on 24 June 2025.
The public reception in Singapore to the podcast has been positive. It exemplified how a non-government Singaporean politician can speak fairly and frankly about Singapore and the Singapore government, without denouncing either. This particular point continues to be well-received by many Singaporeans.
The Leader of the Opposition is not a member of the executive. There is no legal convention that has been communicated to him which fetters his freedom of speech, locally or overseas. Should there be such a guideline, it should be made known.
PAP leaders routinely give interviews and share their views on domestic matters to foreign media outlets. These interviews are not out of the ordinary. In fact, some of these interviews have gone viral and are well-received by an international audience, embellishing the PAP. In these circumstances, no right-thinking individual would accuse the PAP of “foreign involvement” to benefit the party.
In fact, we are aware that one PAP member, after viewing the Keluar Sekejap podcast, remarked, “Pritam did well”. Other PAP members happily posed for pictures with one of the hosts of the Keluar Sekejap podcast when the latter was in Singapore over the weekend. These actions would lead any Singaporean to an irresistible conclusion: that the Leader of the Opposition’s appearance on the podcast had no detrimental impact whatsoever on Singapore’s national interests.
The Workers' Party
3 July 2025
Postscript
The Noor Deros and Partai Islam (PAS) issues were decisively dealt with by the WP during the general elections and a statement was issued by the Party:
https://www.wp.sg/news/the-workers-party-media-statement-on-foreign-influence
