Ruling Party OR Opposition ?

last SG · 2009-12-04T20:24:36+00:00

Why Singapore needs to have elected opposition MPs in parliament and not token representationDecember 14, 2009The “reforms” introduced by Prime Minister Lee...

rockfire SG

Guys, I know Voting is secret but just to find out the reason behind it. Why u choose to vote the Party ?

Human right

Example:

For me, I choose Opposition, Due to no check and balance ruling party. Can do what there want...There are not transparent to people of singapore. They hide alot of issue. So i don't think i want to vote them, Opposition to are not strong. If I don't change now it very hard to change in 100 year time. Singapura going to have a King back.

angel3070 SG

I will vote for opposition because this PM Lee Hsien Loong is just rubbish.

Pre Lee Hsien Loong rule and current Lee Hsien Loong rule, Singapore totally fucked up.

How can I allow an incompetent leader to carry on destroying Singapore?

I can't.

whycannot SG

Guys, I know Voting is secret but just to find out the reason behind it. Why u choose to vote the Party ?

Human right

Example:

our country is the first country to have a mm sm if i am not wrong

Fantagf SG

Before anyone of us can answer to your question, we have to check if our constituencies are walkover.

Not all Singaporeans are given the chance to vote

Fantagf SG

I will vote for opposition because this PM Lee Hsien Loong is just rubbish.

Pre Lee Hsien Loong rule and current Lee Hsien Loong rule, Singapore totally fucked up.

How can I allow an incompetent leader to carry on destroying Singapore?

I can't.

lhl rules or sucks more and more from the people? Me and many only know that ever since he took over, there is no ending increasing in charges, rates and so on. Life has become more and more tough since he took over.

Woe to him, the hopeless one and thanks to his father that we have lhl as our PM.

OH-FF SG

I believe they have the statistics of each household in every constituency to already decide Who are given PR or not. The walkover Rules etc.

Fantagf SG

I believe there are many who will vote oppositions because they are too fed up and disappointed with the current ruling party.

noahnoah SG

I believe there are many who will vote oppositions because they are too fed up and disappointed with the current ruling party.

not true

When election is near

PM will give goodies again..

Fantagf SG

not true

When election is near

PM will give goodies again..

yeah, you are right. and those will forget the way they are treated and start to vote them again.

haizzz .......

but no worry, there will still be people who will vote them out because they are too fed up and disappointed with the thunderstrike party.

swee_heng SG

For me i choose opposition , to me , lhl & lky are just a piece of trash , they only know how to suck money like what Mark Lee says in Money Not Enough 2 , with lhl continue ruling singapore , its going to become a trash land soon.... its time for a change....

Ajen SG

Opposition.
Hope there's no walkover crap.
Yea we know that PAP use 'Carrot & The Donkey' tactic.
nah i wont be the Donkey, i'll be the Dragon. lol

We're not stupid if they wanna give us Gifts cause that's just temporary.

parn SG

The ideal is to prosper Singapore into a country where it doesn't makes any difference who is the ruling party.

Until this goal is achieved, there's a huge difference in handing Singapore over to a bunch of losers.

Yes, I support the ideal of sending in the army and declaring Singapore a state of emergency so that all these useless losers would be shot and all of these rebels in here be arrested and locked up in a dungeon they never know and they will never get to see sunlight ever again in their lives.

I will still vote for PAP cos there's no other party more suitable for the task.

Atobe SG

The ideal is to prosper Singapore into a country where it doesn't makes any difference who is the ruling party.

Until this goal is achieved, there's a huge difference in handing Singapore over to a bunch of losers.

I will still vote for PAP cos there's no other party more suitable for the task.

Obviously, it has to be the resident 'parn' who will pander to the PAP's pornographic ideas to send in the army to shoot the Citizens.

Who else is more capable of peforming such an obscene act towards the citizens - other then the Stalinist-Autocrat that has its own private military kept and paid for by the tax collected from the Citizens ?

For 52 years with the Stalinist-Autocrat that began its political life as a democrat and as a pseudo-socialist - what has it achieved with its Third Generation of Leadership change, except for Singapore to slide into deeper economic and social quagmire ?

Can it be possible to achieve - "The ideal is to prosper Singapore into a country where it doesn't makes any difference who is the ruling party" ?

Of course it can - as had been happening in any Democratic Country - but not with the Stalinist-Autocrat that is determined to be THE ONLY Ruling Party that makes THE ONLY difference.

Eiizumi SG

I'll vote for opposition, however, I must see the candidate calibre.

Of course, they might say, no point choosing a candidate without any calibre or "experience". But I do not think the walkover new MPs have experience too. Most of them just shut up in the parliament till I don't even recognised their face.

Even if the opposition candidate succeeded getting the seat, I'll just walk up him and say, "Congrats. If you work for the government, I'll make sure you go down the next election, but if you work for the people, I'll ask the people to work for you, but not the government."

Jiani SG

Sry. i am just 11

the Bear SG

unfortunately, got to choose one... when neither are fit to govern

Atobe SG

I'll vote for opposition, however, I must see the candidate calibre.

As much as you give someone the opportunity to work for you - at the same time you are also giving yourself the opportunity of seeing things being worked.

No one will ever have the experience to do anything, if the opportunity is not given in the first place.

Dr Goh Keng Swee once said to the SAF Officers -

"the biggest mistake that can be made - is to fear making a mistake in a decision, and NOT to make any decision. 'Right' or 'Wrong' - a decision made is one more for the experience that is to be gained."

emptylife SG

Foreigner everywhere... one day definitely will affect singaporean rice bowl. Is time to make new changes... before too late... No more old management...

tan reborn SG

Foreigner everywhere... one day definitely will affect singaporean rice bowl. Is time to make new changes... before too late... No more old management...

pls read this

http://sgforums.com/forums/10/topics/383555?page=4

tan reborn SG

Voting for status quo or ruling party?

By Kelvin Teo

pap_rally

If turnout at rallies is used as a benchmark, the conclusion is that the support will be overwhelmingly in favor of the opposition. But it may not be that simple. The huge turnout at opposition rallies could be due to the presence of supporters from other wards. For instance, someone living in Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency (SMC) could attend an opposition rally at the Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in support for the opposition. Perhaps, objective polls would give a clear indication of support for the PAP. The Gallup poll has conclusively shown that the PAP was not popular and did not receive support from the respondents. Interestingly, the PAP government banned the publication of exit polls during elections for fear that the latter might influence voters’ mindset which will affect their ‘ability to vote objectively’. If polls are anything to go by, they indicated that the support is not in favor of the PAP. The question is why every year, an overwhelming majority ended up voting for the PAP?

opposiition_rally One plausible reason is that the voters did not want the current status quo to change. Although they do not support the PAP, they also feel that a sudden change in status quo is far too uncertain for their future. Thus, the desire to stick to status quo outweighed their non-support for the PAP. This led to them to vote for the PAP. A prime example of this was apparent during the 2001 General Elections when the PAP garnered 75.3% of the popular vote. This came at the back of the Asian Financial Crisis and it was widely speculated that the people did not want any changes in political status quo amidst fears of its impact on the economy. This sentiment of a potential swing in votes for the PAP was echoed when developments at the Elections Department led many to speculate that the next elections will be held early at the back of the current global economic crisis. Thus, a repeat swing in support for PAP as that in 2001 due to unwillingness to tolerate a change in status quo is feared.

Thus, for the opposition, an erosion of support for the PAP may not translate entirely into votes. The voters have to be induced into being less adverse to political changes and embrace them instead.