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S1E35: Fadli Fawzi on joining the Workers’ Party, poems and his meet-cute story


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He first stood for election with WP's contesting Marine Parade GRC team in 2020.

Synopsis: The Usual Place host Natasha Ann Zachariah hunts for new perspectives on issues that matter to young people. 

In the lead-up to Singapore's next general election that will be held on May 3, 2025, Natasha looks at how MPs, and others involved, are preparing themselves.

Lawyer Fadli Fawzi, 44, first stood for election in 2020 under the Workers’ Party banner in Marine Parade GRC. However, his team did not win that year.

While the party has not confirmed where their deputy organising secretary will be standing in the upcoming election, he has been spotted walking the ground in the same area.

He dropped by The Usual Place to share with Natasha what drives someone to stay the course in politics, even though the results haven’t always been in their favour.

Also, he dishes on how the 2020 election led him to connect with his wife, and which Workers’ Party member is Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s lookalike.

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:45 What were some of the lessons he learnt from his first GE?

6:15 How Mr Fadli met his wife because of the election

9:24 A soft spot for the underdog.: Mr Fadli on why he joined WP

21:00 Will he recite another pantun (poem) during Nomination Day?

26:48 Who does Mr Fadli think is the “Shah Rukh Khan” of the WP?

Filmed by: ST Video (Joel Chng and Marc Justin De Souza)

Edited by ST Podcast producers: Teo Tong Kai and Eden Soh

Edited by ST Video: Jacen Tan, Samuel Ruby

Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong

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