| Founded by Chiam See Tong and others, it was launched on 6 August 1980 and its symbol adopted on 19 October 1980. In the 1991 GE, it won unprecedented three seats and was the first opposition party with more than one seat in post-independent Singapore. Due to internal conflict, Chiam resigned as secretary-general on 17 May 1993. He was expelled as member but later reinstated by the courts and quit the party before the 1997 GE to join SPP. Replacing him was Dr Chee Soon Juan but the party lost all remaining seats in 1997 and was out of Parliament for the first time since 1984. Owing to hefty legal suits, Dr Chee was made a bankrupt and the party faces the possibility of being wound up. To circumvent this, its supporters formed USD in 2010. |
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