Originally posted by justcooler:
Well 66.66% of the people agrees to such system, SO the ruling
party can do anything they (he particularly) desire.
66.66% of the people
??
You should be clearer in dealing with the figures attached to
statements.
Based on the CIA
Fact Book, the estimated population size for Singapore by July
2007 will be 4,553,009 with the estimated
population growth rate being 1.275%.
Discounting the birth rate of 1.275%, the Singapore 2006 Population Size will be about
4,494,958.
In the Singapore
General Election 2006, it was reported that the number of
eligible
voters was 2,158,439, which is
about 48% of the total Singapore population of 4,494,958.
From this number of eligible voters, only 1,222,884 Singaporeans
actually had the opportunity to cast their votes, which is a mere
56.65% of the 2,158,439
eligible votes; and with this number representing
only 27.2% of the total Singapore population of
4,494,958.
The Ruling Party obtained only 66.6% of the votes
cast - which is only 747,860 from a total of
1,222,884 votes.
This 747,860 votes represent only
34.648% of the size of the eligible voters, and a
mere 16.637% of
the total 2006 population size of 4,494,958.
Thailand, a self-admitted Third World Country, had seen the Thai
Constitutional Court declaring the
2006 Election to be null and void when only Thaksin's Political
Party was returned to govern based on minority votes (with the
larger parts of the urban and rural population abstaining).
Why will Singapore - a self-declared First World Country - practise
a lower standard of political process ?
