GE2025: WP’s Faisal says contest in Tampines GRC not between him and Masagos

Workers' Party candidate Faisal Manap speaks to the media during a doorstop in Tampines on April 28. ST PHOTO: HESTER TAN

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UPDATED Apr 28, 2025, 07:30 PM

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SINGAPORE - WP’s Faisal Manap, who is leading the opposition party’s slate in Tampines GRC, said he does not see it as a battle between himself and the PAP’s Masagos Zulkifli, but rather as a competition between teams.

During an interview in Tampines Avenue 2 on April 28, Mr Faisal was asked about being pitted against Mr Masagos, who is the anchor minister for the PAP’s team there.

Mr Faisal said: “It’s a competition between two teams. It’s more of a team versus another team, so I don’t see myself going against Masagos.

“But again, being in a GRC, which is a system established by the PAP, you must have a minority. And here I am, you know, a minority for my team.”

Mr Faisal, an incumbent MP for Aljunied GRC who oversaw the Kaki Bukit ward, was moved to contest Tampines GRC in the upcoming election.