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Recruitment biggest challenge for Singapore’s political parties, say analysts

SammyHulk

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Recruitment biggest challenge for Singapore’s political parties, say analysts

<cite class="auth">Channel NewsAsia - Tuesday, July 15</cite>

SINGAPORE: Political watchers have said the biggest challenge for all political parties — both ruling and opposition in Singapore — is to recruit credible members.

Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Friday that the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is trying to force the opposition to gather good candidates that will equal the PAP in integrity and competence so that if the PAP fails, there will be an alternative. He added, however, that the opposition has not been able to do so.
The opposition was out and about in the 2006 Singapore General Election. One political watcher said the parties need to keep up this visibility post elections, as well as to do more.
Eugene Tan, Assistant Professor at Singapore Management University’s School of Law, said: "They need to be able to have that brain trust to be able to comment effectively on government policies and offer quality alternative. They need to rise above themselves, go beyond just being an opposition, to be — in a way — government—in—waiting."
Observers said another challenge for the opposition is to translate the good turnouts at the rallies to actual votes in the ballot boxes.
Workers’ Party chairman Sylvia Lim is clearly aware of this. Her focus is to get enough credible people into Parliament. She admitted her party is far from being able to form a ’shadow Cabinet’, or offer policy alternatives.
"Parliamentary presence is the first step, so we would still want to focus on getting credible people elected into Parliament," said Sylvia Lim, who is a Non—Constituency MP (NCMP).
"We may slog, we may work towards winning election, but in the end we may lose. So there has to be that spirit of perseverance to believe in the process — and getting Singaporeans to be involved in the process is just as important, if not as important as the outcome." She admitted, though, that recruitment is a challenge.
At a community event, MP Indranee Rajah told Channel NewsAsia that it is in the country’s interest to have a good pool of talent, be it from the PAP or the opposition.
She said: "Just because we are a small country doesn’t mean there is a lack of people to step up to the plate, if need be. As for the opposition, if they want to grow, really I think they need to identify those good candidates, they need to identify how to have a good organisation."
PAP MP Michael Palmer feels that from the last election, younger Singaporeans seem more willing to associate with opposition parties. For him, the over—riding problem for all political parties is getting capable people with integrity into politics.
For the opposition, this could mean some time before it can be an alternative to the PAP government. — CNA/ir

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kakowi

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Did the Minister Mentor said those stuff? His greatness is that he is more concerned about the viability of Singapore than his own political party. His ability to transcend the personal to the common good is awe-inspiring.
 

Shi Jin

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Did the Minister Mentor said those stuff? His greatness is that he is more concerned about the viability of Singapore than his own political party. His ability to transcend the personal to the common good is awe-inspiring.

One problem...he thinks his party = singapore! :eek: :biggrin:
 

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yes for opposition.
you and your ancestors will have to be super clean without any black dot else if they find that you are good and is a threat to them,they will dig and dig till they find something to discriminate you.
 

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With so much hype on the media on taking out what seems to be the strongest opposing individual, getting into messy lawsuits and bankruptcy. It sets as a deterrent for any who so even thinks on running against the ruling party. Politics is a very messy business, sometimes, even personal lives & domestic issues can get into the limelight. Cheapshots flung across the room, like kids fighting out in the m&d puddle.

Look at the political arena across all continents, candidates running for election who've yet to be elected into the official position, already gotten their names dragged in the m&d. Not to mention, those of whom who've possibly done a good job in establishing a stronger footing for the nation, gets flogged by the judiciary for less credible deeds. Then, there's also the presence of discrediting the up & coming popular characters - getting shackled as soon as he even breathes a word of making a come back.

If the trend of our political scene should continue, the future may be very very bleek for our continent.
 

kakowi

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twinseeker, i cannot agree with you more on your analysis...

to understand why the dirty stuff in politics are so prevalent, it is because politics is THE PRIMARY DOOR to wealth and power...for one country, it is a $15M pay package per political term...who would be willing to forego such money plus an iron rice bowl?

unfortunately our lives as human beings are tied up in politics...man are political animals...if man can transcend that and say 'i will use politics to better the living conditions of my fellowmen', perhaps they are engaging in a worthwhile struggle.

most times, people who feel that way prefer to let the matters be and go off and cultivate their own spiritual development...even then, today we learnt that there can be a pretence on spiritual wealth by focusing on material wealth
 

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With so much hype on the media on taking out what seems to be the strongest opposing individual, getting into messy lawsuits and bankruptcy. It sets as a deterrent for any who so even thinks on running against the ruling party. Politics is a very messy business, sometimes, even personal lives & domestic issues can get into the limelight. Cheapshots flung across the room, like kids fighting out in the m&d puddle.

Look at the political arena across all continents, candidates running for election who've yet to be elected into the official position, already gotten their names dragged in the m&d. Not to mention, those of whom who've possibly done a good job in establishing a stronger footing for the nation, gets flogged by the judiciary for less credible deeds. Then, there's also the presence of discrediting the up & coming popular characters - getting shackled as soon as he even breathes a word of making a come back.

If the trend of our political scene should continue, the future may be very very bleek for our continent.
bro twinseeker, u complimented much on my postings in other threads, bt u yourself have been doing much research n analysis on your own. i guess that's precisely the reason y the recruitment for young party members for the next lap has dropped quite a lot.

politics is a dirty game, not particularly something that any tom, dick or harry would love making a career out of it.
 
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