Thanks Siang for sharing the same sentiment towards our current pathetic political situation.
Frankly, I am sure many fellow Singaporeans agrees that our current government has done a lot of goods for our people. I am a great admirer of our nation founding father MM Lee, and equally important people like Mr Goh Keng Swee and many others who has built this nation to what it is right now.
whilst let's not dwell too much about the minister pay and the likes, i believe the government do has a good reason for keeping what works for this nation and ensure the vital core value is tightly guarded.
However, i have a strong feeling that certain part of our government seem to have detached from the ground. Think about the national pledge that we have long recited during our younger school days "We the citizen of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people...to build a democratic society, base on justice and equality..."
How then can we say about unity, when not all citizens are treated equally due to their differences in political inclination ?
How can we pride ourselves as a truly democratic society when our very own electoral system is not exactly one ?
How can we uphold justice and equality when our very own people who brave themselves to serve the nation in the form of opposition parties are not having a fair and level playing field ?
Yes, perhaps there is too much at stake as far as the ruling party is concern...and hence certain sacrifice must be made at the expense of such virtue to some extent. But is it really true that only PAP can produce the right candidate to propel Singapore forward, and that only PAP has the best answer for our economy in this world filled with uncertainty ?
Every election, I hear of messages which explicitly speaks of how impressive the PAP candidates and supremacy their policies are and how without them, the nation will surely goes downhill and the likes...No humility, no self-reflection. All that PAP could do is just to belittle the oppositions at best.
I am sadden that PAP thinks that the people are so afraid that what has been achieved will be gone without them in power. Unfortunately such fear seem to have certain degree of existence in the past and many have buy in such believe. Such fear has been further fuel by the so call upgrading program, taking our very own fellow people hostage in return for support.
If PAP thinks that our people are a mature bunch, such tatics should stop, as it will not work for them in the long term, such tactics will only build resentment and back fire. No one wants to be held hostage, that's for sure. I personally hold very high regards for the Potong Pasir and the Hougang people who has demonstrate such spirit.
The last thing we want is to be taken hostage or be treated as an idiot. No one likes that.