They don't give up.....
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/plea-to-united-nations-to-intervene-the-unfair-elections-in-the-republic-of-singapore/
Plea to United
Nations to Intervene the Unfair Elections in the Republic of
Singapore
Plea to United Nations
(UN) to Intervene the Unfair Elections Proceedings in the
Republic of
Singapore
To the United Nations, representing all of Humanity on
Earth.
Singapore is currently holding its 2011 General Elections.
The nomination day is today, 27th April 2011, Wednesday.
A group of 5 candidates consisting of independents are
contesting the Tanjong Pagar Group Representative Constituency,
against Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his team of 4 members from the People
Action Party (PAP). 82 seats are confirmed to be contested these
coming elections; however the 5 seats representing the Tanjong
Pagar GRC are not.
The 5-member opposition team, was disqualified because
they had submitted their forms for nomination only late by 37
seconds. According to the law, it should be submitted between 11am
to 12am. They submitted it at 12.00.37am. This is still within the
time slot, as it does not specify clearly up to which nearest
second.
Please view the video attached on an account of what happened at
the nomination centre held at Singapore Chinese Girls
School.
This is the account of what happened by the team that tried to
contest there:
http://ge2011theonlinecitizen.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/toc-exclusive-why-sda-team-missed-deadline/
PAP has flouted other Elections Regulations, including
displaying of their party flags all over Singapore. The Elections
Department overseeing the elections is under the jurisdiction of
the Prime Minister Office. According to them, PAP did not flout the
rule, as they were merely placing those flags at their branches.
These branches are their PAP Community Foundation Early Childhood
Education Centres and Child Cares. And the logos for these centres
include the logo of PAP. And hence, flouting the law again, as they
had displayed their party’s logo.
Source of PCF logo: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i9m7VUV5jcY/SXWRNSodcPI/AAAAAAAAATg/mWvd5dHBdrc/s400/community_PCF.gif
There was also an incident of a PAP candidate, Sim Ann,
that wrote she was unemployed on the nomination form, but according
to the Ministry of Manpower, she is considered to be employed, as
she was still on notice of resignation from civil service. The
Elections Department decided to not to disqualify her.
These are unfair elections proceedings in the Republic of
Singapore, and the people of Singapore had come together to rally
and raise election deposits for the contest at Tanjong Pagar GRC,
and we are unfortunate that the state machinery has been used to
the advantage of People Action Party, the ruling party for the past
40 over years since Singapore’s independence.
We seek UN’s help in overturning the decision to
disqualify the team that has tried to contest at Tanjong Pagar GRC
against PAP’s team. We also require observation and supervision of
fair elections in the Republic of Singapore.
We hope in the name of humanity, the people of the world
can come together to help this great nation achieve democracy
through fair and honest elections proceedings.
The polling day is on 7th May 2011, and there is not much
time for intervention. We hope you take action on this as soon as
possible.
We, the people of Singapore, hope that you will let us
exercise our power to vote for the politicians we want to represent
us in the parliament.
Thank you.
From
People of Singapore