Dare the PAP make this into an election issue? Let the people decide.

Other than PAPPY white outfit, there is nothing about the PAPPY that is clean. Please change a new underwear and stop flipping here and there until the stinky smell start to be obvious.

One day when the opposition became the ruling party, I be the first one to request a total check of what is left of our CPF and where it went and how much your father Tan-Li-bie-Si holding actually blown them away? I believe there are many people behind me wanted to know too!

Not forgetting, how much a HDB unit costed and what is HDB profits? Finally, where do they go?? Enjoy better sleep if you can and if your PAPPY dare a early election, you only bring your nightmare come faster. Go ahead and prove to every Singaporean how out of touch the PAPPY really is.

Power corrupts, absolute power absolutely corrupts.

I don’t see the rationale why a ’small’ country like us can’t tolerate a 2 party system.

Its not about tolerating, its about getting total rid of all those check and balance so no one can stop them and they can help themselves with more $billions to god knows where the monies would end up. With already so many $billions of losses down the drain, one just can’t help wondering how much more $billions of the peoples’ trapped cpf monies would be gone in no time.

Power corrupts, absolute power absolutely corrupts.

If we don’t make the transition to a 2 party system while the PAP is still not rotten,we will face tremendous difficulties in doing that when PAP becomes rotten in the future because who knows what tricks they would pull up the sleeves when faced with nore dissent?

They have no other choice because by now they aleady knew that their party will lose next coming GE, so before situation gets worse, they resort to strike you first before any new party can be formed to take over them. This is not about the people anymore, its about the party alone to protect their own wealth building with no one to report to even when things have gone incredibly wrong as there won’t be any check and balance nor accountability of the peoples monies being held ransom by them.

Inevitably, change is unavoidable, just like the lives of Singaporeans – are they for the better or the worse- we need to seek empathy at the various levels to find out.

No one, even the PAP die-hards, can argue against the notion that the country belongs to the people.

If so, let the people decide what they want in a national referendum: single party or mutliple parties for the country!! If they want multiple, split the RP into 2. Sound crazy? They have done it on PUB to split it into multiple generation companies. In telecom, they curtailed the power of Singtel and encouraged M1 and Starhub. If that can be done in business, why can’t it be done in politics? After all, our mini-stars are all CEO calibre commanding CEO salaries. They sure know how to compete in a mutli-party system.

Instead, the party is now talking down on the people that they need a single party system.

First, there are many ideological differences between the 2 parties. As such, one would expect a lot more partisan voting patterns for bills that touched upon those differences. However, they have also shown many instances of bipartisanship if it is for the good of the country. There are also many instances where democrats/republicans senators/congressmans breaking from party ranks if they believe their party is taking the wrong position.

Second, it is not necessarily a bad thing. At least, every legislation is subjected to rigorous debates and not just a rubber-stamping process. Of course, sometimes there is a downside in that things will move a lot slower than desired, but it is a small price to pay to ensure check and balances.

Have we ever seen any PAP MPs voted against any govt legislation despite speaking out against the bill ? Rarely and never when the party whip is imposed. Anyway, if they do, they are just committing political suicide because they will find themselves “retired to make way for new blood” in the next GE.

MPs here are selected for GEs by the party leadership. So our MPs here are beholden to the party leadership and have to toe the party line to ensure political survival. Unlike the US system where all congressmans have to campaign and voted upon in the primaries just to be nominated as candidates.

Besides, they are lots of in-breeding within the PAP. The CEC members are elected by the party cadres (about 1000) who are actually selected by the CEC. You scratch my back, I scratch yours.

If the PAP party leadership stays clean, then everything will be fine. But no one can guarantee that or will it remains clean forever. But once, it turn bad, their system will perpetuate and it will be extremely difficult to turn around. With their more than 2/3 majority in parliament, they can amend the constitution anytime to preserve their power.

unfortunately he didn’t realise that hopes and ideals of change cannot be diluted and bent as one likes. at least, not so transparently.

Hahaha…The fudder, Son and the hole-ly Goh?

No matter what, we are always better off.. erm tell this to my ah ma, ah gong, mother father & ask them if they are better off?

Even if PAP changes from within, legal corruption (million $$$ salaries) won’t change, nepotism won’t change, kangaroo judicial system won’t change…so what if you change a few cats / dogs? They have no power or influence over the 3 Gods sitting on top of the ivory tower.

What we need is an overhaul of the whole political system. Is PAP up to that?
I think they too kiasu…scared alternatives will win.
Then please don;t talk about change when your so-called change is only lip service.