The prob I think is because the whole place is runned by 1 group of
ppl...
but maybe there's pockets of ppl who might have e skills to run
e country...
perhaps so, but it will be, and it must ! be a long and gradual
process before a viable alternative bloc emerges, will it happen
one day ? maybe, but definitely not in 2011.
The MIW is not perfect of course, they can be high handed, a tad
arrogant, and slow to acknowledging policy mistakes and oversights,
but when I cast my vote, I look at the big picture, it's not even
about past performance anymore, or personal greviences like the
cost of COE or housing prices or the price of my daily kopi O that
should motivate me, but continued future stability.
It's not even about whether the PAP is doing a good job running
the country or not, the question in my mind is, who else can
actually do it ? Running a country is a whole different ball game
from being an opposition gutter sniper, and frankly, looking at the
crop of opposition candidates, I think it's foolhardy to imagine
otherwise.
and I tell you, the political scene in singapore is going to be
a lot more divisive in the future, because of the brand of politics
certain sectors of the opposition is introducing. Did you read
catherine lim's column in the straits times last week ? When the
PAP becomes a goverment of conviction to one of consensus, that's
probably the beginning of the end.
No one would dare to confront hard truths after lau lee anymore,
for fear of getting booted out at the next election, we'll end up
like the countries of the west, with each party telling the voters
what they would like to hear in turn, screwing the country to the
brink of bankruptcy in the process, and worse. Except that we as
such a tiny country, have a much smaller margin of error before we
are truly farked.
