PM Lee Hsien Loong at Press Conference on Resignations of Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and MP Cheng Li Hui 

There's no anger from him, only disappointment. He must be damn tired of his party people not behaving.

We hope people of capability, character and integrity will still come forward to serve Singapore.

PM Lee knew about the affair since GE2020. Yet, he did not disclose to this to Parliament notwithstanding that Tan Chuan Jin, as Speaker of Parliament, was to be impartial and there would therefore be in a position of conflict. In a similar vein, Pritam was censured for not disclosing Raeesah's lies to Parliament. Is PM Lee going to be held to the same standard?

Integrity Dignity and Acceptance are all non negotiable regardless of race language or religion.. 💯🇸🇬👍🏼👍👍🏻👍🏾 Keep the system clean.

For once I feel that PM Lee should stay on as long as possible.

Please look around us, can someone enlighten me that has any country done better than us? I still have full confidence in our government!

With all due #Respect, #thankyou And #congratulations PMO For Sharing This Video With Us All Here. #Yes #indeed.

Feel very sad for our PM. So much he has to deal wirh. May God bless him with good health make it easy for him. ❤

PM Lee Hsien Loong is certainly not a nonsensical leader and politician. He has set an extremely high standard for politician to uphold.

This is Singapore Rules & Law, no matter who they are. I fully agreed with you. Thank you Mr Lee👍👏👏👏

A good reminder PM Lee, never let the system go corrupt. As the PM wisely pointed out human frailties can interfere not only with work but family, friends and fraternity. Thank you Prime Minister for showing the way forward.

PM Lee...please take care of your health...life goes on after every storm in life on earth...God bless...Amen

Pls take care sir

Vivian, Shan, Isawaran, Cheng Lihui, and Tan Chuan-Jin. In matter of few months, extremely disappointed in PAP.

PM Lee well done. This is of paramount importance to a good government. There is no other better choice.

Thanks you to taking care Singapore ❤appreciated 🎉

1. It is not a good news but PM Lee has again firmly upheld PAP very high standards of the parliament and party conduct. 2. Big THANK YOU to PM Lee...

Appreciated answer all of U❤

Very good and high standard of Singapore 🇸🇬 political integrity.

This is why people should stop going after unavailable men it's gross😮‍💨

The question is, why news of the PAP affair and WP affair came out on the exact same day? How can it be so coincidental? Espionage/ power struggle between the two parties?

Running a country is not the easiest of commitments. Apparently & without exception, supposed good & quality people will let the team down. This has been a difficult period. I wish PM Lee good health and vitality to meet the challenges head on. Majulah Singapura!

They are human after all .

What i wouldnt give to have such calibre of Prime Minister, MPs and Parliament in Malaysia. At the moment, all we have is a circus.

I have doubts, questions and a suggestion. For 2-3 years, we know the Speaker and a MP was having an affair but life went on in the parliament? Not convinced why we waited so long to act and why different treatments for different Speakers, notwithstanding the sensitivities and different circumstances. Also, had there been no affair, would the Speaker still be asked to resign had it solely been a case of “unparliamentary conduct”? In other countries, how is a Speaker removed? By their PM, or should there be some parliamentary process? How is a Speaker going to be neutral if he can be removed by the PM? Perhaps it is a good opportunity to look into appointing non-partisan Speaker, similarly required of our Presidency. The electorate will certainly prefer that to the current practice.

No lack of talent in Singapore any MP or Minister found of any wrong doing should be sacked immediately same goes for opposition party. Would actually prefer to see Lawrence Wong handling all the recent scandals and addressing the Nation and reporters rather than PM Lee. Its a good opportunity for the incoming PM to show what he can do and its time for PM Lee to take a break after 20 long Years.

Please take care of your health PM lee. Sorry you have to deal with this kind of crap that's related to a person's integrity and behavioural issues.

ONLY PAP CAN RULE SINGAPORE NO OTHERS CAN

I am shocked .

Nice

wonder who is the whistle blower - interesting

Mr Lee, promise us that you will do whatever is best for everyone. Even in such a watershed moment.

Where can I find these jackets PM Loong wears?

He should be kicked out of SNOC also, immediately.

I support oppo but PM Lee showed why his leadership in PAP is still relevant.

Alamak, suddenly so many scandals. What happened?

@leonmckenzie Unfortunate. Malu Lah

I am dumbfounded and floored.

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Semoga mr lee sehat selalu panjang umur.

Never play with fire and do not expect to perfectly stay safe.

Salute

Life must go on to two MP

May God be with you and with Singapore. We will ride these through.

Jiayou PM Lee 💜

The way the PAP handled these cases is commendable. We hope the opposition have the same standard.

If there is abuse of power in the affair then resignation is not enough.

Never let the system go corrupt. Totally agree. Uphold the standards. LKY foresight ❤

No perfect system. Pls Keep it clean.

Why no COI on leader of the party. Obviously someone from his party was having an inappropriate relationship with speaker of the house , which affects the parliamentary sessions. We need to evaluate his SOP.

It’s over.

i hope pm sir u will stay as long as posabile i feel singapore will faill without u as our leader u are just like MR LKY RIGHT MEANS RIGHT WRONG MEANS WRONG HEAD OF TO YOU SIR 🙏

The timing of when the affair was discoverered and when the resignation actually took place is where I have an issue with. While the PM gave the reason that partly it had to do with making sure Tan's responsibilities had proper coverage, he could still have officially stepped down earlier while others took over. The sequence of events makes me skeptical of this version of the narrative.

So Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin and MP Cheng Li Hui were asked to go.

At this rate our beloved Old Lee about to come back to life liao.

Actually they look compatible together.

..... this is the result + consequences when you are trying to build a puritan society !

Grateful for our PM. He is still marching on and cleaning these messes up. I’m no expert but I do think we need to seriously reconsider how we are grooming and promoting the next generation of leaders. We must always look for character first, and be careful that we don’t put people on too high a pedestal. They are all human, and to be in power and not consumed is not easy. Do they have enough time to form beneficial friendships with shared ideals? Or is work unending and soul-sapping.. Do they have what they need to thrive? Do they have a proven track record of high integrity in all their dealings prior to politics? Of course these mistakes are inexcusable, so I don’t turn my mind to these questions as a way of excusing the behaviour we have seen. I am glad that the PAP has moral standards, unlike some other western democracies. I, like many fellow Singaporeans, am disappointed and somewhat concerned. People are vulnerable and we must do something to ensure the future of Singapore, since our future depends on good government. Without the solid foundation of character, support from family, and deep friendships with like-minded others sharing a deep love for this nation even the most capable individuals can crumble. I think those were things our late PM Mr Lee Kwan Yew had that allowed him to stay grounded and to execute the many ideas from his brilliant mind. He worked as a team with his wife, his intellectual equal, and a great helper to him, sharing a passion for our nation. Together they weathered many storms and with great discernment built a strong team to lead Singapore from third world to first. Majula Singapura 🇸🇬

The high standard of government is very dependable on good conduct and discipline of politicians.

Naughty naughty.

LHL and PAP ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 👍 👍 👍 .

NEVER THE SYSTEM GO CORRUPT - LKY

PM managed these issues well. Things wont stop going wrong (how is that even possible to have a party of this size that has no problems. My own family keeps having problems) but the test is how they are handled. I don't have the same faith in LW though...

Just imagine. If it was the other side what would have happened.

Some may see the incident as a personal matter. To this government, it's impropriety. Its reputation rests on the way it's being handled.

So the hot mic incident is because Tan Chuan-Jin knows he is going anyway, so he anyhow speaks in Parliament liao.

PM Lee, pls stay longer and make sure all the 4G ministers are really ready...

Singapore will recover from this. We always have as One People, One Nation.

Alamak

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Its good that PM is openly sharing his views and taking responsibility for maintaining PAP's reputation and integrity. Its true that no system is infallible but as long as they accept it and move on to improve it , that shows a great maturity of his leadership.

Maybe cut their salary from the credible incident till left office.. w😢😢hy taxpayers pay when they hooha on their job..

Need to be mature

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PM Lee...appreciate your efforts to get rid of all the rottened apples...its inevitable that setbacks will happen in every country government system...nevertheless the Singapore ship will continue to sail smoothly with you and Lawrence Wong navigating her...Amen

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我的亲爱总理 不要去烦这些事情

Sad

Who is next? Better dig out

Sir, will the NDP committee open up another balloting for the actual day show? Since there will be a minimum of 4 vacant seats available

Correct move taken by the Prime Minister of Singapore.

I admire the way PM lee conducts himself in public. Also the way he’s been leading Singapore and PAP .

Hi PM! haha..no respect lah these reporters..

Well, our PM is also human and does have some humanity, giving them time to think over, and put things right, he can't micro-manage or even go further, these are personal matters, but sad to say that has not adhered to, so PM has to decide and decided. PM of cause much disappointed on all the high profile involvement, he would have given a stern warning and ropes either they use it for good purposes or hang themselves.

I'm no supporter of any 'ownself check' political party... but this time round the PM has displayed a high competence of professional discipline in dealing with PAP internal earthquakes recently. Well done PM.

Scandal waw

Blame on the hormones

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Divine is to forgive. It means simply that when we make mistakes or do wrong .. we are acting like human beings. Forgive and Move On ..

Scandalous!

Micheal Palmer 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏽‍♂️

Politics has come to life in Singapore finally ?

In China this kind of thing happens everyday for lots of appointment holders, nothing would happen to them. Only the people who raise the issue will be dealt with.

What irony, just imagine if others in nearby countries will follow this high standards, but I guess education strong morals, principle comes to play, maybe that is why they are first world country,

PM Lee is doing the right thing! Truly a great leader.

Pritam Singh for PM. Sorry PM LHL ur getting old let new younger and stronger candidate takes over. It’s about time

10:01 good questions from CNA and 18:02 from Today

You got a small in-house problem. Deal with it. Move on. There are other critical matters to deal with. Like the rising power of PAS in Malaysia and recent extreme racist rhetoric by Mahathir against his own Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian indian fellow citizens. If PAS takes power in future and Malaysia becomes ultra extreme islamic, it has impact on Singapore. Even the Sultans are not safe. Look at how religious cleric Ayatollah Khomeni deposed Shah of Iran.

The constitution allows a person who is not elected as a Member of Parliament to be appointed as a speaker of parliament. It’s time we create history and appoint someone partisan to lead parliamentary proceedings. Otherwise why have such a rule of law, but it’s not being invoked.