even Deng Xiao Ping will not allow any one in Tiananmen take
away what he has fought for half a century for China
do not underestimate him
Do not overestimate him. Eunos GRC helmed by former
solicitor-general Francis Seow under WP in 1988 remains (as a
matter of %) the closest any opposition ever came to seizing a GRC.
Do not forget this was achieved against the backdrop of Seow
being detained by the ISA in the run-up to that particular poll,
had all sorts of allegations being thrown against him through the
corrupt media (most laughable of which was that he had been a CIA
agent ) in
an era long before terrestrial TV and internet was easily and
readily accessible.
Against that backdrop, and what we're seeing with Aljunied
today, he may very well be powerless to stop the tide that's
enveloping that thug with fear.
The bigger issue is, the regime has never had so many seats
contested before in independent Singapore (that's before
discounting the fact a vast majority of the estimated 1/4
electorate consists of Gen Y voters who have never voted before or
voted only once in 10 years). Gerrymandering only works if you work
on the premise substantial foundations are in place to ensure
previous voting patterns can be replicated - the fascists have
clearly not been in a position to estimate this with any reasonable
sense of accuracy considering the last election only saw 47 (out of
84) seats being contested.
If anything, there could well be greater aftershocks than just
Aljunied awaiting the senile thug whose skullduggery and idiocy
could actually backfire.