Goh began supporting the WP in 1988, when he attended his first political rally at Eunos. He started volunteering with the party in the
2011 general election and joined as a member in 2013. having received the third-highest share of the vote among defeated opposition candidates, they were to select one of their members to accept the third of three seats offered under the
non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) scheme.
Leon Perera accepted it; however, Goh was denoted as being under consideration for becoming an NCMP after
Lee Li Lian, another WP member who had unsuccessfully run for reelection in
Punggol East Single Member Constituency (SMC), refused the NCMP seat offered to her. In 2016, he was made an NCMP through a parliamentary motion. During a parliamentary debate on 26 February 2019, Goh asked for the retirement age to be removed to allow workers to age with "dignity and independence". He said that it would reform the system, ensuring that Singaporeans "do not have to worry about their finances and can retire in their 60s if they want to, but they can also continue to work if they want to." On 21 April 2020, the WP announced that, due to a health condition, Goh would not run in the
upcoming general election and would resign from various party posts except his position on the Central Executive Committee (CEC).
Expulsion from WP In August 2021,
Raeesah Khan, then-WP
MP for
Sengkang GRC, lied in a parliamentary debate, alleging that the
Singapore Police Force had mishandled a sexual assault case. After admitting to the lie and making apologies, she resigned in November of the same year. Goh made several Facebook posts questioning her resignation; he also told the party leadership to "take some responsibility for allowing the transgression to persist". A party disciplinary committee was formed to investigate the posts in September 2022. == Notes ==