JBJ is back! but how long will he last..?
"Mr Joshua B. Jeyaretnam, who turned 82 in January, said that he will contest the next parliamentary election, due by 2011, if his health permits.
In 1981, Mr Jeyaretnam became the first opposition politician elected to Parliament since Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965.
He was declared bankrupt in 2001 when he failed to pay more than S$600,000 in damages to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and others.
In 1981, Mr Jeyaretnam became the first opposition politician elected to Parliament since Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965.
He was declared bankrupt in 2001 when he failed to pay more than S$600,000 in damages to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and others.
Mr Jeyaretnam emerged from bankruptcy last year after paying off damages from defamation lawsuits filed by the country's leaders.
Being solvent again makes him eligible to run in elections.
He told reporters he submitted an application on Thursday to register the Reform Party as a political party and that it would take up to two months to be approved.
The party currently comprises ten members, the minimum required to register a political party, but would recruit more after it is registered, Mr Jeyaretnam said.
He acknowledged that finding the first ten members just to register the party had been a challenge, which he attributed to a fear of joining the opposition."
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