By Jeremy Au Yong & Kor Kian Beng
A WAR of words erupted yesterday between the People's Action
Party (PAP) and the opposition over who was 'short-changing' the
voters.
While unveiling the PAP's second group of new faces yesterday,
Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng challenged opposition parties
to follow the party's lead and unveil their candidates too.
He said late announcements would 'short-change' voters as they
might not have enough time to scrutinise the new faces, the way
they get to do with the PAP's newcomers.
DPM Wong's call prompted Workers' Party chief Low Thia Khiang to
make similar accusations against the PAP, especially on the
electoral boundaries report released on Feb 24.
He felt the changes in the electoral boundaries leave
Singaporeans unsure about who their MP is, until close to the
general election.
Mr Low said: 'The PAP has been swopping candidates all over the
place, Singaporeans do not even know if their MP will remain
there... PAP has short-changed Singaporeans in that way, in a big
way.'
Applause for Low Thia Khiang for calling out the truth!
Wong Kan Seng thinks we are 5 years old.
