Finally! MM speaks
Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has hit out at the Workers'
Party candidate James Gomez.
Speaking at his first rally speech of this election at Nee Soon
East on Tuesday evening, he said Gomez is a liar and a bad egg in
the Workers' Party.
And he feels party chief Mr Low Thia Khiang has lower standards of
integrity compared to Mr Chiam See Tong.
Mr Lee said: "Gomez is a liar. When cornered, he says, "I
apologise". But he refuses to say what he has apologised for. He
will not answer the questions asked by the Minister for Home
Affairs. So the minister has come out with a statement setting the
full facts to show that Gomez has lied and done so deliberately. He
planned to damage the Elections Department and the government, by
pretending that we fixed him by not giving him a minority candidate
certificate and so prevented him from taking part in a GRC where
they needed him as an Indian minority candidate."
Mr Lee noted that blame would be on the Elections Department and
the minister, Mr Wong Kan Seng, in whose portfolio the Elections
Department comes under.
MM Lee said: "Mr Wong gave him the last three days to come clean,
repeatedly asking to answer simple questions. Gomez chose to say
nothing. Low Thia Khiang said he had asked Gomez for the details.
Low chose to defend him but refused to clarify his position on
Gomez's deliberate trick to put the blame on the Elections
Department."
"Mr Low decided to back Gomez. I thought Mr Low was politically
smarter than Mr Chiam See Tong. When Chiam found Dr Chee Soon Juan
was a bad egg, he criticised Chee and distanced himself from him.
Chiam lost his own party. Mr Low appears to have lower standards of
integrity compared to Chiam."
Mr Lee also reminded voters to consider carefully the candidates
who could look after their lives, jobs and homes.
Said Mr Lee, "During elections, the opposition makes promises which
they know they cannot fulfil, because they will not be the
government. Many people go to their election rallies to enjoy the
noise and excitement. But when you go home, consider carefully
which candidate or the group of candidates in the GRC can look
after your lives, your jobs, homes, your children's education,
health, schools, transportation, playgrounds and parks.
"The PAP has improved your lives continuously over 40 years. In the
last five years, together we overcame problems. Had the government
been incompetent, they would have brought Singapore down -- Asian
financial crisis, SARS, terrorism, Iraq war. Now there is the
danger of an oil crisis, the price could spike from US$70 to over
US$100 per barrel, because of the problem of Iran's nuclear
technology. If that happens, there will be a world recession." -
CNA /ch/ct
