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Goh Meng Seng () is an opposition politician in Singapore who was previously the Secretary-General of the National Solidarity Party (NSP)〔http://www.nsp.sg/CECmembers ''NSP : CEC Members''〕 before becoming the Secretary-General of the People's Power Party (PPP). ==Political career== Goh contested in the 2006 general election with the Workers' Party in the Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (Aljunied GRC) as one of 5 team members.〔http://www.singapore-elections.com/candidates-g.html ''singapore-elections.com: Singapore Election Candidates''〕 The team garnered 43.9% of the district votes, finished as one of the top three non-ruling party district performers and was eligible for a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) position which was taken up by team-leader Sylvia Lim. Goh left Workers' Party in 2006 after the election due to "some Internet postings which had tarnished the WP's reputation"〔http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=57246 ''SINGAPORE: Senior WP member quits over Net fracas ''AsiaMedia Archives: Singapore: Senior WP member quits over Net Fracas''〕 despite being a member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) and a member of the "A team" of the Workers' Party. He joined the National Solidarity Party and became its Secretary-General. Goh contested in the 2011 general election in the five-man Tampines Group Representation Constituency as team leader against the incumbent Mah Bow Tan (the Minister for National Development), receiving 42.78% of the votes.〔http://www.elections.gov.sg/elections_results2011.html 'Singapore Elections Department : 2011 PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS'〕 Though his team lost, they improved significantly by 11.29% relative to the Singapore Democratic Alliance team that contested in the same district and finished with 31.49% of the votes against Mah in the 2006 general election.〔http://www.singapore-elections.com/parl-2006-ge/tampines-grc.html ''singapore-elections.com : Parliamentary General Election 2006 - TAMPINES GRC''〕 Goh stepped down from his post as Secretary-General of NSP after the 2011 election in June 2011 "for a breather and to take stock of his future".〔http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137257/1/.html "Channel NewsAsia - Goh Meng Seng steps down as NSP chief"〕 He also gave up his seat in the Central Executive Committee of NSP and went into partisan political sabbatical to help Presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian in his bid for presidency. Goh Meng Seng left NSP after the 2011 election. In May 2015, Goh announced that he was setting-up a new political party called the People's Power Party.〔http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/more-singapore-stories/story/opposition-veteran-applies-set-political-party-20150519 "Straits Times - Opposition veteran Goh Meng Seng applies to set up political party"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Goh Meng Seng」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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