section_path: Pre-election activities/Progress Singapore Party
section_name: Progress Singapore Party
paragraph_text: Progress Singapore Party
  
  After the 2020 general election, assistant secretary-general Leong Mun Wai and vice-chairwoman Hazel Poa stepped down from their leadership positions as they were appointed NCMPs by prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. As part of the party's reorganisation, a policy research team was formed to support its NCMPs, alongside new youth and women's wings. Amidst reports of internal party rifts and calls for a leadership refresh, PSP founder Tan Cheng Bock stepped down as secretary-general to become chairman on 3 April 2021, with Francis Yuen succeeding him as secretary-general. However, Yuen stepped down from the role on 26 March 2023. Leong was elected as secretary-general on 4 April, which political analysts on CNA interpreted as a sign of the party's confidence in him and an endorsement of his parliamentary debate style. In May 2023, chairman Tan declared his readiness to contest the upcoming elections, while Leong announced the possibility of "proactively facilitating" an opposition alliance.
  
  On 23 February 2024, the PSP announced Leong's resignation from the post. Leong had accepted responsibility for a recent Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) order against his social media post concerning financial aid to an elderly couple in West Coast. He was succeeded by Poa. On 13 May, assistant secretary-general Ang Yong Guan, who was also a doctor of his own practice, was suspended from medical practice. He was found guilty of professional misconduct for his role in a patient's 2012 death due to improper medication prescriptions. The PSP said it respected the court's decision. On 5 February 2025, the PSP confirmed that Ang would not contest in the 2025 elections.
  
  In a walkabout at West Coast GRC in January 2024, Tan Cheng Bock reaffirmed his plans to contest in the next elections. Tan anticipated a redrawing of West Coast GRC's electoral boundaries, describing the constituency as "too big". In the next CEC election on 20 March 2025, Tan, Poa and Leong were re-elected into the CEC along with six new faces. The party also confirmed their intention to contest in Chua Chu Kang GRC and West Coast–Jurong West GRC, among other constituencies, but did not disclose who would stand in the election. On 26 March, Leong was reinstated as secretary-general. On 20 April, the PSP confirmed that Tan, Leong and Poa would contest in West Coast–Jurong West GRC. Political analyst Felix Tan believed the leadership change would not sway voters, citing existing trust in the party's core leadership and the likely insignificance of Leong's past POFMA incident. However, NUS associate professor Chong Ja Ian raised concerns about the frequency of leadership changes, suggesting it could undermine the party's perceived stability. However, he also posited that Leong's reinstatement might signal the party's preference for his more vocal leadership style over Poa's.