SINGAPORE — The People's Action Party Government will 'almost certainly' pay a 'political price' over the corruption probe involving Transport Minister S Iswaran,
involving Transport Minister S Iswaran, and how it responds to the outcome and manages public perception will be critical to restoring people's trust and confidence, said analysts on Wednesday .
That same afternoon, Mr Wong provided more details on the probe, saying that it stemmed from an unrelated investigation on a separate matter.Associate Professor Eugene Tan from the Singapore Management University's School of Law said that it is “not meaningful to speculate” the full impact this investigation will have on the PAP as it has just started.
West Coast Group Representation Constituency, where Mr Iswaran is anchor minister, obtained the PAP’s narrowest win at the 2020 General Election. The PAP won 51.68 per cent of the vote over a Progress Singapore Party team led by its then secretary-general Tan Cheng Bock.The last time that a minister was instructed to take leave of absence amid a graft probe was almost 40 years ago.
“It suggests that there is preliminary credible evidence that laws may have been broken,” he said, noting that further investigations are needed. “If the minister had to step aside in the PM’s judgement after being presented the prima facie case by the CPIB to conduct in-depth investigation, there is no way to avoid a public statement on it,” she said.DPM Wong on Wednesday stated that CPIB's recent investigations into the rental of two bungalows at Ridout Road by two other government ministers and the latest case are “very different”.
“If CPIB felt there was a prima facie case after initial investigations, we can be confident that it would escalate the matter to the status of the current case of Minister Iswaran,” she said.Agreeing, Assoc Prof Tan said that in the Ridout Road case, there was “no credible evidence” at any stage of the CPIB investigations that necessitated the two ministers involved to be put on leave of absence.
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