盛港集选区候选人辣玉莎(Raeesah Khan),被举报涉发表种族评论,而被警方调查。不过昨晚辣玉莎已表示,自己的原意是为了提升大家对少数族群问题的醒觉,惟她表示若这些言论冒犯任何社群,为此致歉。 不过,行动党却在今午(6日)发声明,要求工人党对辣玉莎的言论表达立场,指辣玉莎承认发表诋毁华族和基督教徒的言论,也质问辣玉莎是否仍有资格成为议员。 该党也暗讽,不应让盛港和其他选民“给他们空白支票。” 事实上,在昨日的记者会,已表态会给予辣玉莎支持,基于警方仍在调查中,毕丹星对于被举报的两则贴文不愿置评。 关于调查会否影响辣玉莎竞选资格,毕丹星则表示在调查出炉前都言之过早。他敲掉,辣玉莎已经在基层工作好些年,为民众服务时,她对待所有族群的申诉都一视同仁。
日前传出人民协会向居民送燕窝,疑似出现“买票”行为,人民协会表示该燕窝是由基层领导捐赠,表达对立国一代的感谢,驳斥“买票”的行为。 日前,脸书专页Sin Rak Sin Party上传了一张燕窝的照片,燕窝还贴上人民行动党山水卡玛尔(Shamsul Kamar)的照片,并写道“人民协会用公款买你的票,可以吗?” 山水卡玛尔曾是阿裕尼集选区加基武吉支部主席,如今也代表人民行动党竞选阿裕尼集选区,对垒工人党的毕丹星团队。 照片公开后,立即引发网民关注,截至目前已转发567次,获661赞。 加基武吉社区中心(Kaki Bukit Community Centre)对此澄清表示燕窝并非使用公款购买,亦不是为了选票而赠送给居民,而是基层领袖捐赠的。 社区中心称,是基层领袖作为感恩的象征,赠送给曾参与加基武吉健康嘉年华(Kaki Bukit Social Assistance Programmes.)的立国一代,感谢他们出席活动。 而燕窝是会派发给注册加基武吉的社会援助方案的居民,因此社区中心呼吁民众勿误解志愿者的意图。
民主党在此次选举,派出林文兴、达曼胡理、江伟贤和方月光团队攻打马西岭-油池集选区,硬撼由原国家发展部长黄循财领军的人民行动党团队。 尽管仅派出11名候选人,不过民主党在此次选举也算“下足重本”,竞选团队不乏拥有博士、医学教授等资历的人才。至于该党秘书长徐顺全在武吉巴督不屈不挠的精神,选民看好后者有望此次选举突围而出。 除了早前本社介绍过的林文兴、达曼胡理和江伟贤,马西岭-油池集选区团队中的方月光背景亦不可小觑,据民主党竞选官网介绍,他曾在外交部、内政部和国防部等机构担任要职,也曾担任新加坡驻北京大使馆首席秘书(政治与经济)。 事实上方月光还是奖学金得主,以及英国剑桥大学音乐系毕业生。《联合早报》稍早前专访方月光,从轻松角度谈他过去曾作曲追太太的经历,以及家人如何看待他从政等。 询及他将用什么古典乐来形同现在的新加坡?方月光表示自己最喜欢的音乐家是俄国作曲家肖斯塔科维奇(Dmitri Shostakovich),因为他的音乐非常有深度,也有很多政治内容,每个作曲都是对整个国家政治文化的表态。 “他有他的想法、理念,但也尽量把民生透过音乐带出来,让领导阶层者也能听到民声”。 他也表示这也是自己的理想,期望若有机会入国会,能把群众的心声带到国会。
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