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Nominated MP (NMP)

Who says you need to be a politician to be in Parliament? Well, not if you’re a Nominated MP. NMPs were introduced in 1990 to represent...

Party Whip

No, he does not do the Nae Nae Think of the Party Whip as the discipline master of a political party. But instead of caning party members...

Committee of Supply (CoS)

Sounds like some highly exclusive committee or some sort of Gentlemen's Club? It's actually the opposite. If you're a Member of...

Manifesto

It’s a lengthy document written by political parties to tell you why you should vote for them. If you’re too busy to attend election...

Non-Constituency MP (NCMP)

Not all is lost for opposition politicians who fail to get elected during a general election. They may have lost the right to represent...

First-Past-The-Post (FPTP)

Otherwise known as ‘winner takes all’, a first-past-the-post electoral system is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate...

Returning Officer

The Returning Officer’s main job is to oversee the organization of an election and ensure that the process is fair. Under his watch,...

Speaker of Parliament

The Prime Minister is not the biggest fish in Parliament, it’s the Speaker. Think of him as a judge in a court. In fact, before 1993,...

Did we just get spied on?

He typed away on his phone, constantly stealing glances at our table. I didn’t know at first, until I noticed my classmate Alvina...

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