THE founding leader of the People's Action Party (PAP) who led it
for 38 years as secretary-general has predicted its loss of power
in government.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew said in a new book to be launched today that the
day would come when voters 'get tired of a stable government and
say let's try the opposition'.
'There will come a time when eventually the public will say,
look, let's try the other side, either because the PAP has declined
in quality or the opposition has put up a team which is equal to
the PAP and they say, let's try the other side. That day will
come.'
He referred to the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, which held
power from 1955 to 2009, with an 11-month interruption from 1993 to
1994, and said its downfall was partly because it 'carried on with
old ideas'.
He added: 'No system lasts forever, that's for sure. In the next
10 years to 20 years, I don't think it'll happen. Beyond that, I
cannot tell. Will we always be able to get the most dedicated and
the most capable, with integrity to devote their lives to this? I
hope so, but forever, I don't know.'
Mr Lee, who was party leader until 1992 and now remains on its
central executive committee, made these candid comments in a series
of interviews with a team of Straits Times journalists. The
interviews are published in a new book, Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths
To Keep Singapore Going, to be launched today at St Regis
Singapore.
Source:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_626687.html
MM LEE finally talking some sense!!!
No party stays in power forever.
And history teaches us rise and fall of empire. Even the Roman
empire also gt rise n fall.
PAP will be voted out if our country goes through tough times (
Not as prosperous as now) and many problems in society begin to
surface.
