I REFER to the dramatic events surrounding the shocking outcome of last month's election of officials of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware).

The new executive committee might have won the election constitutionally, but it was hardly won with dignity and honour. Any group that is taken over completely by newcomers should cause worry and arouse critical questioning.

Moreover, the takeover was highly coordinated and ruthlessly orchestrated by members who joined barely three months ago, which gives rise to the suspicion that they are out to fundamentally and swiftly change Aware's core beliefs.

Harvey Neo

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