Leong Mun Wai Re-elected as PSP Chief Ahead of GE

He takes over from Hazel Poa, says he is honoured to lead party into election

- Ng Wei Kai and Michelle Ng

Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) Leong Mun Wai has been re-elected as party chief of the opposition Progress Singapore Party (PSP).

Mr Leong, who stepped down as secretary-general 13 months ago in February 2024, will lead the party into the general election after returning to the post on March 26.

He stepped down to take responsibility for a correction direction he received under Singapore's fake news law for a social media post.

Mr Leong will take over the role from the party's other NCMP, Ms Hazel Poa. He will be the PSP's fifth leader since its founding in 2019. Ms Poa will be its vice-chair.

Mr Leong told reporters he was honoured to be asked to lead the party into the election, so it can "scale greater heights".

He said Ms Poa has done a "tremendous job" in the last 12 months of organising the party's structure to be ready for the election. In that time, he has focused on ground operations, he added.

The party leadership's view is that he should now "orchestrate the whole campaign by integrating the structures we have, the strategies and also the ground troops that we have developed", he said.

He added that there will be little change as he and Ms Poa have always worked closely together, saying: "This change is like a relay team, she did one part and then I take over."