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Main navigation Top Stories. Bookmark Bookmark Share. Close Top Stories. Posted by MParader on Sunday, August 4, In the post, Mr Goh said: "'For country, for people. Expand to read the full story. Mr Goh's criticism in a Facebook post of his former party colleague and now political opponent comes a day after Dr Tan officially launched his Progress Singapore Party.

I have known him close for over 60 years. It saddens me to see how he has 'lost his way'. During his party launch on Saturday, the former PAP MP said he decided to re-enter politics "for country, for people". He also recounted how Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew had asked him to join the PAP before, and added that it was now his turn to ask Singaporeans to join him. To this, Mr Goh wrote: "Ouch! Surely I deserve some credit - or rather, blame - for who he has become now?

He has conveniently left out 'For Me'! His latest post is arguably the harshest Mr Goh has been toward Dr Tan, who was one of three visitors apart from his immediate family allowed to visit Mr Goh when he underwent surgery for prostate cancer in In March , Dr Tan announced his second bid for the presidency, while a Constitutional Commission was reviewing the process of the elected presidency.

At that time, Mr Goh told The Straits Times Dr Tan's decision was a "calculated political gambit" that could be seen as politicising the process.