Sunday, April 17, 2011

GRCs won't be abolished

PM: GRCs won't be abolished

'No. Simply put, no. GRCs exist for an important reason: to ensure Parliament will have a minimum number of minority MPs... We are a multiracial, multi-religious society.

If we don't have GRCs, our multiracial, multi-religious Parliament will be under threat.'

PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG, on whether he has considered abolishing Group Representation Constituencies, a feature of the political system here where MPs run for Parliament in teams of three to six, with one member being from a minority race