Founding The Reform Party
On 18 June 2008, Jeyaretnam announced that the Registry of Societies had approved the formation of a new political party, the Reform Party, of which he would be the Secretary-General. He planned to stand as a candidate for the party in future elections. However he did not get a chance to do so as he died three months after the party was formed.
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