GE2025: PM Lawrence Wong expresses "disappointment" over WP's view towards loss of DPM Gan Kim Yong

The Workers' Party's (WP) view of the impact of the potential loss of an experienced minister like Mr Gan Kim Yong on Singapore is “cavalier and irresponsible”, said PM Lawrence Wong, after a walkabout with the PAP’s Punggol slate at One Punggol on Tuesday (Apr 29). Mr Gan, leading a four-member PAP team, is facing off against the WP in the newly created Punggol GRC. Mr Wong added that US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been having “a good discussion with him because there is mutual respect”, with good progress being made on discussions. "Who in the WP will take over all this work? And to treat it so lightly at a time when we are entering such major national issues, I think that's rather disappointing," said Mr Wong. He also added that Mr Gan not being a member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the PAP is "irrelevant" because Mr Gan decided not to put himself up for election. Get the latest #GE2025 updates: https://cna.asia/ge2025 Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms:   / channelnewsasia     / channelnewsasia     / channelnewsasia