Good laws ought to be respected. However, bad pieces of law should not command the same degree of respect accorded to good law, even though they possess the ‘good name’ of this thing called law.

And talking about the whole purpose and meaning, indeed we really need to know the purpose and meaning else we will be led astray..

“We have a constitutional system where laws are passed by Parliament and everyone obeys the law.”

21st century demands 21st understanding & mindset. Once law is passed, it is very difficult to undo – there are too many faces to save.

Indeed, we do have very nice & serious concepts (institutions) in the form of what we call constitutional system & Parliament.

Afraid that this is really the decline of the real values in our society;

Afraid that this is the degradation of our system of government;

Afraid that this is the demise of our society which has been built-up so painstakingly over the last 50 years by our hardworking old folks, who are now being sidelined and/or discarded by the elites and the boot-lickers for their own selfish interests, under the guise of national interests.

Afraid that one day I will have to emigrate to another country, for the sake of my children’s future.

So, HELP US GOD! We need your divine intervention urgently.

http://yoursdp.org/index.php/perspective/special-feature/1681-chee-responds-to-cj-ag-and-law-minister

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Freedom of speech, assembly and association
14. —(1) Subject to clauses (2) and (3) —

(a) every citizen of Singapore has the right to freedom of speech and expression;

(b) all citizens of Singapore have the right to assemble peaceably and without arms; and

(c) all citizens of Singapore have the right to form associations.

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While Article 14(1) is subject to subclauses 14(2) and 14(3), which are:

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(2) Parliament may by law impose —

(a) on the rights conferred by clause (1) (a), such restrictions as it considers necessary or expedient in the interest of the security of Singapore or any part thereof, friendly relations with other countries, public order or morality and restrictions designed to protect the privileges of Parliament or to provide against contempt of court, defamation or incitement to any offence;

(b) on the right conferred by clause (1) (b), such restrictions as it considers necessary or expedient in the interest of the security of Singapore or any part thereof or public order; and

(c) on the right conferred by clause (1) (c), such restrictions as it considers necessary or expedient in the interest of the security of Singapore or any part thereof, public order or morality.

(3) Restrictions on the right to form associations conferred by clause (1) (c) may also be imposed by any law relating to labour or education.

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The most amazing thing as demonstrated by the Town council fund management is PAP’s ability to make people believe that they are getting diamonds when in reality they were given lemons.

Don’t you agree?

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If that is so, how do some advanced countries choose to adopt this system.

What makes you so sure that judges do not have their own bias and as a very learned species of people with utmost eloquence, with tonnes of case law and statues behind them, it is not too difficult for them to justify whatever judgement they wish to mete out.

21st century knowledge based society lah. It is not too difficult to spot holes if they are any. Good law will always be respected and you do not need the Minister, the AG and the Chief Justice to emphasize this important point at the same time.

democracy must begin with the respect of the rule of law – from the heart of the ….people.

Why the court are presided by judges only? Where are the jury?

In colonial days, Singapore courts had jury. Guess who disband the jury?

Hong Kong likewise inherited the same British legal system. Hong Kong is now part of China, but its courts still have jury.

Why Singapore courts are different from other courts of the Commonwealth countries? Why Singapore rely on judges decision and not common men’s decision? Think and you will see why?

Have they safeguarded the citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of speech and assembly? No

Have they improved its own reputation? No

Did they set a deterrence after the convictions of the recent contempt of court cases? No evidence of that so far

Instead, Gopalan Nair has since rebewed his attacks, WSJ remains unrepetent, youtube videos of Mohd Shafie, Isrizal and John Tan showed them walking out of prison smiling amid cheers from supporters.

If the reputation of the Singapore judiciary is truly first-class, then there’s no compulsion to jail its own citizens for wearing T-shirts…

If next time they pass a law that all ministers will be paid 1 billion annual salary while all common people will be paid $300, everyone will have to obey ok?