Lee Hsien Loong the Patriotic Saint, mai siao siao.
:o
“We asked ourselves – PM, do we need to do this now? Because
we had anticipated it would be a hard journey to convince people
and we would pay the political price, at least in the short term,”
said Mr Chan. “PM Lee’s answer will forever be etched in my mind,
and that distinguished a politician from a political
leader.
“PM Lee said ‘Yes, we are likely to pay a political price.
Yes, we may not have a problem here and now, but what if we have a
problem 20 or 30 years from now? Will the fourth, fifth or sixth
generation of leaders have the liberty, and the luxury of time and
space for them to put in place a system?’” said Mr Chan.
PM Lee Hsien Loong, he added, had taken it upon himself to
put in place a system to pre-empt potential issues from arising in
the future. “Not for himself, not for his political capital, but
always thinking about what this country needs,” he said. “We are
prepared to pay the political price, because we think the future of
our country is much more important than any political capital that
we may have.”
https://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/pap-paid-political-price-changes-elected-presidency
