“SINGAPORE –Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh, who was fined a total of $14,000 for lying to a parliamentary committee, will not lose his seat and be disqualified from standing in the upcoming general election, said the Elections Department (ELD) on Feb 17.
Disqualification from being an MP under the Constitution is based on the sentence imposed for a single offence, the ELD said in its reply to The Straits Times’ request for comment. This means that if a person is charged with multiple offences and the sentence imposed for each of those offences does not reach the disqualification threshold of imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or a fine of not less than $10,000, the person is not disqualified from being an MP, it said.” https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/eld-confirms-sentence-imposed-on-pritam-singh-does-not-reach-threshold-to-disqualify-him-as-an-mp#:~:text=SINGAPORE%20%E2%80%93Workers,MP%2C%20it%20said.
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