Movement to repeal the Sedition Act

In July 2012, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would repeal the Sedition Act 1948. The announcement was made as part of the Government's political transformation plan, which included repealing the Internal Security Act and annulling the three subsisting proclamations of emergency.

In place of the Sedition Act, the Government would table a "National Harmony Bill", seeking to "find a balance between every citizen's freedom of expression, and the need to handle the complex nature of the country's multi-racial and multi-religious society."