I agree with you on the above.
Every eligible voter should vote and get to vote regardless a
ward is uncontested.
When there is no opposition party member to compete, the VOTER
still should vote to indicate clearly how many of these support the
ruling party.
So, to me, it is very clear that even when a ward is
uncontested, an Election is about the voters actually
VOTING.
Singapore is just too tiny a dot.
Why break it up into smaller bits ?
Since the population is so tiny, the more reason EVERYONE should
vote to make the result more CONVINCING.
I feel very sad for singapore and singaporeans who never have
voted in their life before. Pathetic.
We can all continue to rant and live on the hot air of
frustration and be deluded by fantasies. But sometimes, we really
need to wake up and accept facts.
1. Ask yourself why were there walkovers?
Are the opposition so happy with the way the ruling party is
running, they feel not needed to stand up and be voted, but instead
to snipe from blogs and forums, where their views are not heard,
let alone be acted upon on?
Is it so difficult to find 5 or 8 opposition figures
in a ward to contest elections? The whiners are so loud, I had
thought there ought to be more than 10,000 opposing figures in
any ward, or had my presumptions been wrong? They only want
to complain, but not serve?
If they truly care about the People, is there a need to fear the
ruling party, if they are as principled as they claim themselves to
be? Why did MP Chiam and NCMP Sylva served?
Let us all accept the fact that the ruling party has the mandate
of the people. Some ask, does cold exists? The answer is no, it is
only the absence of heat. Similar logic, does one party
rule exist in Singapore? The answer is no, it is only the
absence of credible opposition.
Stick to facts and rationality, and you will not be
disappointed, and know full well where and who to blame for the
dearth of opposition voices in our Parliament. Nothing is fair in
politics, and fairness is never a virtue from
armchair hypocrite opposition politicians who talk loudly but
do not have the heart to serve our people in our legislative
council.
It is ridiculous in politics for any country to 'invite' the
opposition, and entrench themselves to speak up in parliament, in
any country, when they clearly do not have the mandate of the
people to serve.
And instead of cherishing this opportunity, they decry the good
intentions of the ruling party, further alienating themselves from
the minority of people who had hopedfor some credible opposition.
Almost like a wish that they do not and have no intention to serve
the people.
