this is what the peoples want, now in 2011.
those days alreadly gone. that .... my father era. the 50 the 60
or the 70.
those days policemen are wearing short kaki pant. now.
please, stop talking... again and again... the past and the
past, enough enough, we know.
you repeat and repeat many times liao.
let move on.
ONE myth this General Election has debunked is that Singaporeans
care only about bread-and-butter issues and not loftier ideals like
providing a check against the Government, political diversity and
democracy.
As an Aljunied resident, it is clear to me that the People's Action
Party has run the constituency well, but yet faltered in the face
of the Workers' Party's call for a First World Parliament.
While the PAP has led us to a First World economy, can it now
facilitate Singapore's transition to a mature democracy with
diverse voices?
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's post-election reference to parties
who can work together offers hope that the Government will guide,
rather than block, this process.
While the PAP may lose more seats in the transitional process,
Singapore is larger and more important than the PAP. So
Singaporeans are watching whether the PAP can 'play fair' going
forward.
The opposition has done well but it needs to grow to the next
level. If it wants to win the trust of the voters and obtain a
third of the seats in the House, which will make the opposition an
effective check, acting as an alternative voice alone is not
enough. In the next two or three general elections, the opposition
must show voters that it can run the country.
Workers' Party leader Low Thia Khiang rose to Minister Mentor Lee
Kuan Yew's challenge to win a GRC. Can he now rise to MM Lee's next
challenge of forming a shadow Cabinet?
There seems to be a nucleus of an alternative leadership whose
members are spread out within different parties.
Apart from Mr Low and fellow WP MPs-elect Sylvia Lim and Chen Show
Mao, there are the Singapore Democratic Party's Dr Vincent
Wijeysingha as well as the National Solidarity Party's Mrs Hazel
Poa and Mr Tony Tan Lay Thiam, and the Singapore People's Party's
Mr Jimmy Lee and Mr Benjamin Pwee, to name a few.
Can they work together and take on the PAP?
Gerald Kok
