At least WP got one foot inside the door.
Looking at the SDP website.. it's hard to think it as a "sturdy"
political party.
It reads.. they "object" to eliminating authoritarianism,
building a economically stable and progressive nation.....etc
etc.
For SDP to become a party people can respect and put their hopes
into..they really need to shore up their public image.
Yes, of course LTK and CST - have each got one foot into the
door.
What else could they do with their individual foot inside the
door ?
They could not even wriggle their toes, let alone making
any attempt to present their own plans at show casing
their manicured nails.
Did they use the opportunity in Parliament to confront the
failed PAP policies in Parliament in the same manner as JBJ had
vigorously hold the PAP to account ?
There was not even a squeak to the loss of the US$100 Billion
lost by GIC and Temasek, nor was there a serious debate with
Finance Minister Tharman's excuses given in defense of the
loss.
Respect is given for the results that can be seen to
be achieved, and even as much as the PAP will not respond
immediately to the demands and demonstrations from CSJ and the SDP
- so as not to give any credit to CSJ or the SDP, there are already
small steps being made by the PAP to respond to the issues that CSJ
and SDP has placed the spotlight on to embarrass the PAP.
The PAP has been forced to confront the issues that CSJ and the
SDP has raised and cannot possibly avoid.
With the activist approach to change the set of rules that the
PAP insist in having a firm grip at playing political football, the
PAP has to approach each economic and social policies
carefully.
CSJ will play a better role outside of Parliament then inside,
as the PAP dominated parliament will ignore even having a serious
debate on any issues raised by the Members
of Parliament from the alternative parties.
With a Speaker of Parliament that is partisan by deferring
to his own party leaders, and who cannot even
stay neutral to moderate parliamentary debate, how effective
can the MPs from the alternative parties be in Parliament.
When JBJ was in Parliament, every debate that he had
vigorously pursued in Parliament - had ended up in Parliamentary
persecution for abuse of privilege, and enquiries were formed
by Parliamentary Committees consisting largely of
MPs from the PAP that naturally execute the dictates of the
PAP executives.
It was the PAP style of parliamentary gangsterism in its
worst form, when the milder acts of parliamentary gangsterism
included PAP MPs booing and jeering JBJ efforts at having serious
debate.