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The Reform Party | |
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| Malay name | Parti Reformasi |
| Chinese name | 革新党 Géxīn Dǎng |
| Tamil name | சீர்திருத்தக் கட்சி Cīrtiruttak Kaṭci |
| Chairman | Yasmine Valentina (acting) |
| Secretary-General | Kenneth Jeyaretnam |
| Founder | J. B. Jeyaretnam |
| Founded | 3 July 2008 |
| Headquarters | 18A Smith Street Singapore 058932 |
| Newspaper | The New Dawn |
| Youth wing | Young Reformers |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Parliament | 0 / 104
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| Website | |
| reform.sg | |
The Reform Party (abbreviation: RP) is an opposition political party in Singapore.
The Reform Party is a liberal-democratic party. According to the party's constitution, it seeks to promote "political, social and economic reform; the restoration of full human rights; a fairer and just distribution of wealth with the elimination of poverty; an independently appointed judiciary and a fully elected and sovereign parliament". Its stated philosophy is "That every member of the society is born with fundamental rights which cannot be abrogated... and that it is the paramount duty of the society to promote the human dignity of its every single member."[2]
It was founded by opposition veteran and lawyer J. B. Jeyaretnam, notable as the former Secretary-General of the Workers' Party of Singapore and the first opposition candidate in post-independence Singapore, on 3 July 2008. Around three months after the party's foundation, founder Jeyaretnam died on 30 September, and the leadership has since taken over by his son, Kenneth Jeyaretnam.[3]
- ^ "About Us" http://reform.sg/?page_id=575 Archived 19 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Our Constitution | The Reform Party". reform.sg. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ Geoffrey Robertson (7 October 2008). "Joshua Jeyaretnam". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.