meeting held on 31 March 2013, Hamim and Pwee were officially elected as the party's chairman and Secretary-General respectively. Pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement signed in August 2015, Pwee and Hamim resigned from DPP to return to SPP to help their team contest Bishan–Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency in the 2015 general election. However, the SPP team obtained only 26.41% of the valid votes. The duo returned to the DPP soon after. In 2018, they were present in a meeting with six other opposition parties (Singaporeans First, Singapore Democratic Party, People's Power Party, National Solidarity Party, and People's Voice Party (formed by former NSP chief Lim Tean)), along with former PAP MP and Presidential Candidate Tan Cheng Bock, on the possibility of forming a collation (led by Tan) for the next election. On 19 February 2019, Pwee revealed that he had resigned from the secretary-general post and joined Singapore Democratic Party ahead of the forthcoming general election, four days later. Hamim took over as the new secretary-general and leader, while organising secretary Ting Tze Jiang became chairman. Although expressed their intention and prepared to contest in the 2020 Singaporean general election, however, on 27 June 2020, the party announced that they would not be participating in the election and instead backed other smaller parties such as RP and PPP. Objectives and policies A statement dated 22 April 2013 on the DPP website states "The way forward is to build a society that is equal and egalitarian to all citizens." A statement dated 16 August 2015 on the DPP website sets out the following policies or proposals: Employment: Additional policy measures to ensure a “Singaporeans-first” domestic job market, especially in middle-to-upper management in the civil service and government-linked companies, as well as the private sector. Foreign workers: Restrictions to foreign workers in Singapore by industrial sectors, allowing sectors like F&B where fewer Singaporeans are trained for or are interested to work, to employ more foreign workers. And for sectors like engineering, healthcare, banking, to have tighter restrictions, to allow Singaporean PMETs to take on these middle-income jobs more easily. Re-skilling: better, more hands-on, more commonplace apprenticeship-based re-skilling programmes for middle-aged workers, rather than classroom-based, taught WDA/WSQ-type programmes that do not fit these middle-aged workers’ learning styles. SMEs: practical support for SMEs, including setting up an SME assistance centre, a job-matching programme, a revolving loan fund, an incubation programme, and a