there is NO way i'm gonna read 5 pages. Therefore i am
uninformed in the issues discusses and it would therefore appear
proper for me to jump right in with my opinion:
Kudos to GMS for coming here. I dun see any government ministers
arguing in this forum about politics.
I agree that what the opposition parties need is to have a more
complete product to sell. Eg. Economy: Why you think its bad, and
what you think should be done about it. Immigration, etc. You need
to sell your plan for singapore more i think.
BUT i think many people have too high an expectation of the opp.
parties. This is SINGAPORE. Not the UK or the US where they have
question time in parl, or where they have a freedom of information
act. I'm not sure if the opp parties are paid in SG but int he UK
they largest opposition party is paid because it is recognised that
a healthy opposition is part of a healthy government. SG's
leadership is handicapping them by limiting them from getting
information and resources. Bear that in mind.
The way i see it, we are faced with a conundrum. The Opp doesn't
have enough to work with, we are afriad of them not having a proper
plan. The only soln is to vote Opp and hope they open up more info.
Yet to vote for the opp requires faith on our part for we have to
accept their policies formulated based on limited resources.
A catch 22 situation really.
Personally though, i see it as my duty to help vote for a healthy
opposition. It is quite inconceivable that the opp will take over
as government anytime soon, but i believe my vote can help create a
parliament that is healtheir, and who can influecen government
policies. Right now, parl is a joke.
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By the way, is the WP advocating any parliamentary reform. Our
system is clearly flawed right now. With 75% of the votes PAP got
about 98+% of the seats in parl. This is the flaw of the first past
the post system we are using.
Plus,imo, compulsory voting is a flawed concept. Ppl dun vote
because a. they dun like either party, or b. they dun care about
politics.
In this case, then probably, if forced to vote, they will go for
the incumbent.
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