Is it not the same old propaganda
line of maintaining high political standards to keep Singapore
politics clean, when the politics employed by the Ruling Party is
no different from the petty politics practised by President Mugabe
from Zimbabwe ?
High political standards should be set according to the standards
and demands of Singaporeans, and not dictated by the self-serving
objectives of a small group of professional politicians - given
that they have long expired the trust of the LARGER MAJORITY of
Singaporeans.
Can the existing political standards in Singapore be considered
high, and comparable to that of the First World countries which
these politicians have the vanity to associate with Singapore, when
Singaporeans are purposefully made to shun -and prevented from any
form of political activism ?
Can the the existing political standards be comparable to any
progressive
political institutions in Asia - let alone that of Europe, UK or
the USA ?
To start with, the present Singapore political climate that is
generated by the Ruling Political Party is no better then the
political climate created by President Mugabe in Zimbabwe.
Off election season, Singaporeans are purposefully made to be
politically dull, and filled with apathy to actively support the
political activities of alternative political parties. Financial
support given to the political parties in any substantial form will
result in the Government machinery being employed to trace the
background of the financial benefactor to the alternative political
parties.
Political activism is purposefully suppressed to prevent
Singaporeans from being too politically involve, which become
inconvenient for the political incumbents in fixing their own
secure positions.
After 50 years of self-government from Colonial Rule, has
Singapore's political standards allow Singaporeans to be involved
in the political process that allow Singaporeans to identify
oneself to the political realities of Singapore, and making
Singaporeans rooted to oneself to this land ?
Unfortunately, the high standards that this Ruling Party has
created is nothing more then self-serving standards that exclude a
larger majority of the Singapore population from being involved in
the political process - which besides the political climate
enforced - also resulted from the constant political
gerrymeandering of political boundaries, in multiple sub-divisions
of electoral constituencies, and the grouping of GRCs that are
beyond geographical logic, nor encourage political commitment to
any location.
The self-serving high political standards that the Ruling Clique
has imposed on Singaporeans have prevented other political parties
from reaching out to Singaporeans through all kinds of legislative
means that empower the Police and Licensing Authority in
handicapping the political activities of the alternative political
parties.
High political standards ?
If one is to review the results of the high political standards
that have been achieved since the 2006 Elections, it has resulted
in Singaporeans being burdened with a higher cost of living - with
round after round of cost increases that begin with fares and fees,
and end with more increases in fares and fees.
While the management of our National Assets remained opaquely
questionable with non-transparent practices that even the Elected
Presidency no longer wish to involve itself - after the bitter
experience encountered by the late President Ong Teng Cheong -
Singaporeans are numbed and politically dumb to the constant
depletion of our national reserves from the reported disasters of
overseas investments made by the brilliant political elites engaged
through high standards.
High political standards seems to be flexibly applied based on a
double standard of values used.
One for the Ruling Clique and another for Singaporeans in
general.
Do we need to pay these Ministers a few million dollars to tell us
what kind of political standards we need to live our lives
?
