When a Political Party is in a
commanding position to amend the original spirit expressed in the
printed words in the most sacred national charter, is there
anything stopping the Political Party from making further changes
to entrench itself into the national psyche and ensure its own
political perpetuity ?
If we look back at history in which single political party cling on
to power after a humble beginning and move on to be a national
psyche, we can see quite a few clear past examples that led to
drastic consequences.
The manner in which Nazism came into political power on the back of
a democratic process in winning its own legitimacy through open
elections has been clearly documented in history.
In the short span of ten years of its ascension into political
power in the Germany of the 1940s, Nazism took a grip on the
national psyche of the Germans, creating a nationalistic fervor
that borders on national right wing fanaticism. A cult of
personality and monopolistic power grabbing culture of the Elitist
Nazi Group soon ensued, and the efforts to build a superior elite
breed began - in the Aryan Race. {Shades of Singapore's genetic
superiority theory espoused by LKY}
The few clearer minded Germans that abhorred Right Wing fanaticism
and cultism had no power to change the course of history, and were
trapped in the sweep of all encompassing propaganda that envelope
ordinary and sensible conscience and consciousness.
Similarly, can the ordinary citizens of China change the political
circumstance in China controlled by a monolithic political power
house, seen in the Communist Party of China as the Supreme
Political Party that claim for itself as the sole legitimate party
representing the people ?
It has its own form of supposedly ''democratic'' process of
elections of its own officials - although in a closed
environment.
Singapore's system is a distortion of the familiar western form of
democratic elections but modified under the guise of protecting the
minorities by having GRC that will ensure the minority group will
be fairly represented.
Unfortunately, the Ruling Political Party has capitalised on their
monolithic dominance of Parliament to make multiple legislative
changes to the Constitution to entrench its own political
fortunes.
A mix and series of changes has caused the Alternative Parties to
be hampered in their development as can be seen in the dubious
schemes implemented by the Ruling Party.
As much as the GRC is a laudable idea of protecting minority
representation in Parliament, its continuous enlargement and
absorbing of single constituencies into ever larger GRC grouping
PLUS the increased in electioning deposits PLUS the monitoring and
restriction of political donations PLUS the real persecution of
oppostion supporters by direct and indirect means - all put
together will negate any efforts of any Alternative Political
Parties to make a toe hold into Parliament.
There are numerous legitimate and grey, direct and indirect,
official and unofficial policies that will be exercised by the
Ruling Government and its agencies that it control, to hamper,
delay, deny, and prevent the Alternative Political Parties from
planting themselves into the Singapore National Psyche.
The fact that no one is prepared to stand up against the system
head on is not due to general acceptance but due to
resignation.
This deep set apathy in the general population - except for CSJ,
JBJ and the late Lee Siew Choh and others in the 1960s - show that
Singaporeans are more materialistically pragmatic in looking after
their rice bowl then to pursue fulfillment for the political
soul.
This pragmatism has arisen amongst many Singaporeans from their
political spirit being intimidated by the specially harsh actions
taken to treat those few anamolies in the Singapore National Psyche
that dare to stand up publicly to confront the POWER OF ONE.
The same harsh treatment has been doled out by the Communist Party
of China to its detractors, as much as the same has been handed out
by Stalin, and by the Nazis, and the ancient Emperors across the
globe.
Can the 66% of a quarter of the population be representative of the
entire population ?
Can there be legitimacy in winning this 66% - when the entire
process has been corrupted by the purposeful restructuring of the
political process that allow for tight restrictions that will
prevent the political parties from reaching out to the entire
population, and to give the entire population a choice and a chance
to participate in election process ?
