SINGAPORE, March 28 — Six Progress Singapore Party (PSP) members were newly elected into the party’s 12-member central executive committee (CEC) today, with party chief Tan Cheng Bock among those who kept their places in the committee.

The elections took place over the span of three hours on Sunday morning amid rumours of infighting within the party.

Asked about the rumours, Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) Leong Mun Wai said: "As you can see at the elections today, there are no troublesome events so the unity of the party is not in question at all.

"It’s just that there are some opinions and all that, so a democratic process would allow that.”

Pressed if this meant the allegations were false, Mr Leong would only say that the rumours "won’t have a substantial impact”.

On Thursday, a website RedWire Times claimed that some party cadres were "mustering support” to demand that Dr Tan step down from the party and hand over the leadership to "more talented rising stars”.

When approached by the media, Dr Tan, who led a PSP team that contested West Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the 2020 General Election, declined to comment on the results of the party elections or take any questions.

The elections took place across two locations, with 45 members — including all the 26 candidates — at PSP’s headquarters at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre, and another 20 members at a PSP branch at 71 Tannery Lane.

The six new CEC members are: