United Front (Singapore)
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Democratic Progressive Party(Suf)
民主进步党 |
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| Chairman | Mohamad Hamim bin Aliyas |
| Secretary-General | Benjamin Pwee |
| Founder | Seow Khee Leng |
| Founded | March 16, 1973 |
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Democratic socialism Progressivism |
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The Democratic Progressive Party (abbrev: DPP; Chinese: 民主进步党; Malay: Parti Demokratik Progresif) is a political party in Singapore.
The history of the party dates to 16 March 1973 when the United Front was formed by a splinter group from the Workers' Party led by Seow Khee Leng (former Assistant Secretary-General of WP, 1971–1972). The United Front contested three consecutive elections (1976 general election, 1979 by-election and 1980 general election) before being renamed the Singapore United Front on 5 March 1982, and contested again in the 1984 general election. SUF chief Seow Khee Leng was then sued by Lee Kuan Yew and the ruling PAP government over defamatory remarks made at two rally speeches that Lee and his cabinet were guilty of corruption.
In January 1988, the party merged with Workers' Party to contest the 1988 general election and the Singapore United Front became defunct (though the party remained an officially registered organisation).
On 3 February 1989, former SUF chief Seow Khee Leng was made bankrupt after failing to keep up with payments for damages owed from two separate but similar libel suits brought by Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP government following slandering remarks he had made at general election rallies in 1984 (for which he had been ordered to pay Lee damages of S$250,000 plus court costs and interest, and the PAP government another S$250,000 plus court costs and interest).
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