YET TO BE FIELDED
Speaking to CNA on Friday, Mr Firdaus and Mr Mustaffa confirmed that they were party members who are ready to stand as candidates for the PAP on Nomination Day.
Mr Firdaus, a lawyer and member of the PAP since 2016, said: “I’m ready to get to work if PM decides to field me on Nomination Day. But right now, I’m in full support of my colleagues who are deployed and running.”
As of Apr 17, Ms Choy and Mr Firdaus are named on a list of prospective candidates for the General Election on the Elections Department website, which is published daily up until Nomination Day.
The list is a relatively new addition for the 2025 General Election.
Individuals in this list are to be considered prospective candidates under the law, and it is a criminal offence to publish digitally generated or manipulated online election advertising that realistically misrepresents a prospective candidate’s speech or actions.
Mr Firdaus is currently the senior counsel and head of legal for Southeast Asia, Korea and China at IT services firm Avaya.
He has also been involved with various community causes, including as a council member for the National Council Against Drug Abuse since 2017, and as an education trust fund committee member and the lead of the legal professional networks for MENDAKI.
Mr Firdaus added that he hoped for the focus to be on his PAP team members who are running and did not want to “distract from that”.
As for Mr Mustaffa, he has been a member of the PAP since late 2024 and has helped out with Meet-the-People Sessions in “several areas” around Singapore, though he would not specify which constituencies he has volunteered in.
