# People's Power Party (Singapore)

The People's Power Party (PPP) is a political party in Singapore. The party was formed by Goh Meng Seng in 2015. It participated in the 2020 Singaporean general election with Goh as the sole candidate.

## History and political development
### 2015 General Elections

The party was formed by veteran politician Goh Meng Seng on 16 July 2015 just a few months prior to the election held that year. Goh had previously served as a member of the opposition parties Worker's Party and National Solidarity Party, in the 2006 and 2011, respectively. In the aftermath of the 2011 election, Goh resigned from his Secretary General post as well as his party membership following the party's defeat.
The party only contested in the Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency, a four-member GRC, which the team consist of Goh, and candidates Lee Tze Shih, Low Wai Choo and former NSP member Syafarin Sarif, faced against the ruling People's Action Party team of Gan Kim Yong, Low Yen Ling, Zaqy Mohamad and Yee Chia Hsing. The PAP team defeated the party with a vote share of 76.83%-23.11%, which was 84,731 and 25,460 votes, respectively. Low was notable for being convicted for public nuisance for her role in a Hong Lim Park protest rally in 2014, while Lee Tze Shih joined Progress Singapore Party in 2019.
Goh, despite being a veteran politician who was surprised of the number of voters that voted for them, as he claimed that his party lacked media coverage, he and his team's defeat was one of the worst performing candidates in this election. Goh shortly returned to Hong Kong to reside with his family after the election.
In 2018, the party was along with the six other opposition parties (Democratic Progressive Party, National Solidarity Party, Reform Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singaporeans First and Peoples Voice, a party formed by NSP chief Lim Tean) led by former People's Action Party member and presidential candidate Tan Cheng Bock, on the possibility of forming a coalition for the next election.
In March 2020, the party alongside Singaporeans First, Reform Party and Democratic Progressive Party applied to join the Singapore Democratic Alliance.

### 2020 General Elections

The party participated in the 2020 election, but Goh was the only candidate fielded this election, this time contesting in the MacPherson SMC. On 27 June, Goh confirmed that this was his final election, reiterating his belief that he could contribute more to Parliament as an opposition member if elected, while praising the incumbent Tin Pei Ling for her involvement. Goh was defeated to Tin by a 71.74%-28.26% vote share.

### People's Alliance for Reform

By 21 Nov 2024, the party had formed the People's Alliance for Reform with 3 other parties: the Democratic Progressive Party, Reform Party and People's Voice On 23 February 2025, it was announced that the party had withdrawn from the coalition, citing strategic differences, though it was stated that the party would still be opened to future collaboration with the People's Alliance for Reform (PAR).

### 2025 General Elections

After the release of the new electoral boundaries, PPP leader Goh Meng Seng would reverse his commitment not to contest the election, announcing instead that he would be running. PPP announced that they would be running in Tampines GRC, Nee Soon GRC, Ang Mo Kio GRC, Tampines Changkat SMC and Jalan Kayu SMC. This conflicted with other opposition parties, including Red Dot United and People's Alliance for Reform's plans.

## Objectives and policies

The official objectives of PPP are:
* To develop a one united Singapore with true multi-Party democracy and an economic system based on the principles of democratic socialism.
* To install a system of governance with proper balance and separation of five powers with socialist measures in place to cushion off the wealth and income inequalities so as to achieve stability, continuity and sustainability for Singapore.
* To advocate, promote and implement policies, when elected as ruling party or part of any ruling coalition, which are based on PPP's core values and ideologies as stipulated above.
* To build and maintain a strong national identity and loyalty to Singapore based on its' unique multi-ethnic mix and cultural identities, with emphasis on the ideals of unity, multi-culturalism, justice, equality and democracy as expounded in the national pledge of Singapore.
PPP firmly believes that democracy provides the necessary balance of powers needed for the long-term stability of Singapore. This is achieved through the distinct separation of five powers, which are:
* Executive
* Legislative
* Judiciary
* Impeachment
* Selection
PPP finds that in order to achieve an effective and functioning democracy via separation of these five powers, the President of Singapore should be empowered to effectively oversee the faculties of Impeachment and Selection in the form of:
* Corruption Practice Investigation Bureau (CPIB)
* Ombudsman Commission
* Equal Opportunity Commission
* Elections Department (ELD)
* Public Service Commission (PSC)
In contrast, there are only 3 branches (Judiciary, Executive and Legislative) of the state as of 2025 and that the President of Singapore is head of state that falls into neither of the branches.
PPP has also called for the introduction of a minimum wage in Singapore.

## Leadership

PPP's leader is its Secretary-General, Goh Meng Seng. Goh, a veteran opposition politician, who previously contested Tampines GRC in the 2011 General Elections when he was leading the National Solidarity Party. He also contested Aljunied GRC with Sylvia Lim, James Gomez and two others in the 2006 General Elections when he was with the Workers’ Party.

### List of Secretary General of People's Power Party

| No | Years | Name |
| 1 | 2015 - Incumbent | Goh Meng Seng |

### Current CEC members

PPP announced its 5th Central Executive Committee members on 7 November 2024, which are as follows:
| Title | Name | Name in Mandarin |
| Honorary Chairman & Advisor to CEC | Mr. Syafarin bin Sariff | |
| Chairman | Mr. Derrick Sim | 沈裕宸 |
| Vice-Chairman | Ms. Sharon Lin Yihui | 林怡慧 |
| Secretary-General | Mr. Goh Meng Seng | 吴明盛 |
| Assistant Secretary General | Dr. Michael Fang Amin | 方爱民 |
| Treasurer | Mr. Lim Lian Chin William | 林年进 |
| Organizing Secretary | Mr. James Boo Cheng Hoe@James Care | 巫清河 |
| Assistant Organizing Secretary | Mr. Tan Meng Lock | 陈隆达 |
| Media Team | Mr. Lee Yu Ru Samuel | 李育儒 |
| Media Team | Mr. Soh Ying Ping Jonathan | 苏英秉 |
| Member | Mr. Martinn Ho Yuen Liung | 何昀龙 |
| Member | Mr. Ray Chan Swee Cheong | 陈芮宽 |

## Electoral performance

| Election | Seats up for election | Seats contested by party | Seats won by walkover | Contested seats won | Contested seats lost | Total seats won | Change | Total votes | Share of votes | Popular vote | Resulting Government | Party leader |
| 2015 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 / 89 | | 25,460 | 23.11% | 1.13% | No seats | Goh Meng Seng |
| 2020 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 / 93 | | 28,564 | 28.26% | 0.3% | No seats | Goh Meng Seng |