Lai CF wrote:
American politicians are allowed Freedom of Expression; allowed to
fillibuster in COngress without time restriction.
But int he name of efficeincy and productivity, every MP is limited
to asking, I think, 20 questiosn, and limited time
allocation.
THIS IS KNOWN AS "TO SERVE THE PEOPLE", with TIME LIMIT of
course.
Being an Opposition is like a football team playing against the
home team, with the referee selected by the home-team and 2 blind
linesmen on wheelchairs and a blind 4th referee, "watching" the
whole match.
And of course, a partisan crowd howling and screeching against all
decisions that go against the home team...
This is POLITICS< nothign more, nothing less.
Legalistic wrangling of the whole parliamentary proceeding has
resulted in real problems and issues being covered up by
guillotines by time, procedures and whips.
Yet our leaders keep telling the people to think out of the box or
change to meet new challenges caused by globalization - by
pretending major problems do not exist like rising costs or loss of
economic competitiveness as seen happening in PSA prior to cave-ins
by Yeo Ning Hong on lowering the double-charges on land and
infrastructure costs.