Originally posted by reddressman:
interesting info. Thanks. wow, din know even if Opposition wins
another unbelievable 25 more seats, ruling party still gets to
decide how it wants to change the policies.
I think [b]its all about money to attract talents. This
jus my personal opine.
What if hypothetically, a rich tycoon willing to sponsor Opposition
to pay same top dollar for talent to join Opposition? Will that
help in anyway? Is that possible in the 1st place? Can tycoons
donate to Opposition?
Again, this is merely a hypo question.
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Hi,
Yes. However, 28 seats can turn into 29 or more seats more easily
than zero or 3 seats. With 29 seats, the opposition combined can
block the PAP from passing a legislation that involves changing of
details in a statute.
The concern then would be whether the opposition will be
responsible enough not to block the PAP for the sake of flexing
muscles. This is why I believe in a responsible opposition that has
to analyse the situation and agree with PAP if the situation calls
for it, although I have seen significants numbers on the internet
appearing to disagree (unless I read them wrongly).
As to using money to attract talents, I am not sure if it will
work. Money may not attract talents if a party's leadership can't
tell who's a talent and who's not. Of course, we have to bear in
mind that any selection process is not 100% foolproof but there
exists a wide margin of error depending on who's the
leadership.
Tycoons may donate to the opposition but personally, I think at the
present moment, it is neither advisable nor probable due to the
situation.
Regards