Saturday, April 19, 2008 10:35
Jeyaretnam speaks on Reform Party’s plans and constitution
In Main Stories, TOC Reports • 682 views • 13 Comments
Mr JB Jeyaretnam speaking on his Reform Party’s plans and constitution at a press conference held at the Quality Hotel, April 18, 2008.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUu823vt4lQ]
Video of the chairman of the Reform Party, Ng Teck Siong, introducing the new party here.
You can watch theonlinecitizen’s videos on the subsequent Q&A session here:
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13 Comments
otak69
Ah~ Another party. Hahahahaha…
It’s like a new blog set up. But… click my ‘nick’ to my blog, and you see whether you can post comments or not.
Somebody said he cannot do so and thot I blockaded him. Nosense. Sounds like malicious attempts to me. Hahahaha…
A new party is about the same lah… Maybe some kpos will become malicious and the party is spinned upside down.
But at least there is more excitment. JBJ is always spicy. Hahaha~
Enjoy!
Thanks for covering the event and posting the videos and photos. Without blogs like you guys, we’ll be stuck with idiots like the straits times and channel news asia. ;-)
pisces
“The battle plan is to try and energise our people, to rouse them from this slumber into which the PAP has led them.”
Agree although i suspect many, if not all, of us are choosing to remain in slumber….
Self-Freed
Battle Plan? Fight with what?
Before any battle plan can be conceived, do you have the soldiers and logistics to execute any plan at all? Do you have the Generals to lead the battle? Do you have the combat support, air support, naval gunfire support, the deception plan, the commandos, the intelligence people, the reconnaissance, the scouts, ammunition, etc.?
Or, its only David fighting the Goliath? Only need a sling and a single stone?
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noone
crap name. use a better term so that when in power it sounds nice. Can you imagine “RP govt”
hope he is not as funny as GN the one who ran away
patriot
JB Jeyaratnam is very respectable for his struggles for an idealistic society and much personal sacrifices of his own life.
But to form a new opposition political party at this point in time only weakens the oppositions further. As it is unlikely and impossible for him to have sufficient members and logistics foundation to start with; at his age, he will inevitably lack the time, energy to build up a party of sufficient standing.
Looking from another angle, JBJ could have join an opposition party and strenghten it, but choosing to form a new party indicates that he has no love for any existing party. This only shows that he will be dividing the weak opposition camps further. As a veteran politician, if he is wise, he should be aware of the damages unintended and otherwise, that he will cause.
I respect his selfless fights for the freedom of Singaporeans, but, I will take back some of those respects for his latest deed.
patriot.
Fever Guy
I disagree that he will weaken the opposition on the contrary he might be able to unite an opposition front coming GE2011. He is most respectable opposition figure than any current batch now. An alliance might be born out from it. Still the current WP has been non action most of the time and Mr chiam is nearly MIA now. CSJ is the more active type presently. Even an NMP Mr Siew fights harder than all of the opp MP for the ppl. JBJ just jump on the wagon on time. He is a smart and will definitely put the current gahment on its toes.
Gary Teoh
WP booted him out of the party. Seems that Low did not care who brought him into WP, who trained him and who is his master.Because JBJ got problem with governmnet,and Low abandoned him, that is not correct
otak69
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Daniel
patriot ,
it is much effective to setup a new party that endorse the founder’s style of working then to work with incompatible set of value. JB might have know that his approach and style might not be suitable with existing opposition party and probably cause unhappiness. Everyone knows how existing opposition party work ? As watchdog, as maddog, as obedient dog, as Nathan’s dog , PAP’s lapdog or whatever dog. So JB might have seriously thought it may not work out or he may not be welcome into existing party. But then given that all their purposes are the same, that is to keep watch on government’s follies, it should be commendable.
For those who seriously thing that Politics in Singapore should be handled without foreigner help better think twice. Without foreigner’s help, Singaporean has no hope, no future and nothing. Isn’t democracy the import of westerner ? I can’t count numerous occasion westerner speak and act on behalf of Singaporean whe is so cowardice and chicken-like when dealing with stepboard. Westerner tend to be more vocal. Even I have to ask myself whether I have the dignity of a human.
Isn’t we Singaporean using Youtube, Wordpress, Blogging service, etc to voice our view. Be remind that these are paid resource from US, hence we are enlisting foreigner’s help indirectly.
dont u see that we always need someone else to point out our problems? we do not seem to do anything about it. we talk about how others are coming in to help us, they do that cos we dont. dont u think we need to stop talking about our problems and do something about it?

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