Dunno about 'coming first', but first to be
conned during elections.
Dr Balaji Sadasivan:"...But in the next five years, if you give us
a strong mandate, we will find ways to make healthcare affordable
and more convenient for more Singaporeans... ... bringing down the
cost of your healthcare, but (to) do this, we need a strong mandate
from you ... ", sounds very presumptuous to me, over confident of
winning the elections. The other possibility is that he has no
dignity,just shameless toeing the line of his puppet masters.
Healthcare costs dependent on a 'strong mandate'? Sounds like
ransom.
Needs mandate to do the right thing? In context of their expectant
win by virtue of the hyped up GRC system (constituency groups of up
to 6, an inherently gerrymandering like situation), his
statement seems more akin to extortion then leadership.
Mere puppets of the 'central executive committee' (PAP-CEC), what
good are they for the leadership of Singaporeans? These walkovers
only perpetuate the fallacy of the PAP 'GRC omnibus' being the
highway to that purported life of privilege and prosperity
('PAP').
Instead of demanding a strong mandate, Dr Balaji would have done
much better to say, "I will always have your rights and interest at
heart, being elected would give me larger a platform to extend my
purpose; a bonus of a good mandate allow me greater parliamentary
credibility over other elected MPs. My priority for this term would
be to keep healthcare accessible and affordable to all. No matter
what the outcome of these elections, I'll always have the interest
of Singaporeans at heart; no matter who I am or what I'm doing;
you'll never regret your support for me.”
In no where do I sense Dr Balaji's moral commitment in his address
and both possibilities are reprehensible.
In a 31Dec09CNA report of MM Lee's interview with National
Geographic,
He (MM Lee) said “Singapore is in a good position at least for the
next 10 years with the current leadership in place. …
For the long term, it will depend on whether there is a younger
team imbibed with the same integrity and ability”.
Mr Lee said his task is to ensure institutions and systems are in
place.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1027947/1/.html
I beg to defer as the 4/2006CNA report of Dr Balaji's poor showing
proves otherwise. Integrity as I've described remains question,
likewise are the promises that have far from been fulfilled. If
indeed the PAP's CEC had a part in Dr Balaji's statement, then the
CEC must have a less then noble constitution and composition. So
long as PAP persists in deploying its dirty election tricks, then
the social cohesion that PAP so fervently acclaims shall remain no
more than a mirage by which the PAP leadership is premised.
Perhaps Dr Balaji, (possibly the PAP puppet masters) need another
lesson in humility?
References/ minor comments:
- The PAP cadre system, http://www.singapore-window.org/80404st1.htm
- 29April06,CNA: Dr Balaji Sadasivan promises lower healthcare
costs if PAP given strong mandate http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1284659
- 31Dec09,CNA: Social cohesion key to keeping Singapore going: MM
Lee: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1027947/1/.html
- Instead of the proclaimed motto of Integrity Service Excellence,
it seems like the govt's true motto is Integrity subservient to
Expedience ( http://www.gov.sg/ )
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