| At the onset, this political umbrella was centred around chairman Chiam See Tong, whose SPP was its chief party. Originally, it planned to get all opposition parties under one banner but this fell through and so kickstarted with the four parties of SPP, NSP, PKMS and JPS. Only the former three contested the 2006 GE. Soon after that, in 2007, NSP parted ways owing to Chiam's leadership. In 2010, Chiam invited RP to join and accepted several of its high conditions. This was opposed by many within, sparking internal strife. Closer to the 2011 GE, SPP pulled out of the grouping it once led, while the moribund SNF joined in. In the GE, after PKMS did not send a candidate under its banner for the first time, JPS ended up as the only contesting party. |
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