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The Reliably Unreliable Government
When reading an article (Straits Times, Saturday, April 4, 2008
- Prime pg.3) highlighting Mas Selamat’s escape and linking it to
complacency, I can’t help but voice out the upsetting unfairness
and…let’s face it…bullshit of the government.
Here is the golden response from MM Lee in an email
interview:
“The people on the whole believed that the Government will take
care of all security matters. But no government can be 100 percent
on the ball 100 percent of the time. A government needs the active
support and cooperation of the people.”
That’s what he said. And yet, how is it that the people is not
rewarded the same way the government is? If indeed it is a
collaborative effort to ensure the safety and security of this
nation, and more so in the part of the people to be vigilant at all
times, then why have the government so proudly raised their
salaries without the people’s validation or approval and pat
themselves on the back for doing such a good job? Since this Mas
Selamat affair is a big deal and is a major compromise of
Singapore’s security, then it’s only right and fair that the
government decrease their ridiculous salaries for doing a shitty
job. Don’t just blame it on the custodians. Ever since this whole
mess started, we Singaporeans have yet to see any politician or
state figure or high-ranking uniformed personnel stepping down
because they’ve failed to re-apprehend Mas Selamat in a country
that’s slightly over 647 sq km, where almost all exits have been
tightly sealed.
Seriously, after all the claims of always delivering to the
people and even having the cheek to act as consultant to countries
like Russia when the government can’t even find one fugitive on
this tiny island, is it still fair for the people? Is it still fair
that the people have to tolerate the government’s high salaries
when we are stuck with more taxes and 7% GST? Most importantly, is
it still fair that after all the work the people have done, the
government enjoys the fruits of our labor and let us fend for
ourselves and ask we help them in cleaning up their mess, but when
it comes to the glory, we have no say in it?
Seriously, is it fair?