Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)
11 hrs ·
Response to PM Lee's criticisms of SDP
"On nomination day, DPM Tharman met me and we both agreed that we would keep the campaign clean and fair, and focus on issues.
...We believe that it is fair to ask what happened to the plans that Mr David Ong promised...But it is not right to question his character. Similarly, it is ok to criticise Dr Chee for asking PM Goh about Singapore's promise to President Suharto 15 years ago but attacking his character is uncalled for.
...Both Mr Murali and Dr Chee are someone's son, someone's husband, someone's father. We need to debate the issues, not engage in character assassination.
To be fair to the Prime Minister, perhaps he may have been misled by the (Lianhe) Wan Bao (联合晚报) which have admitted to us that they made a mistake in their transcription and in the headline that they put up. They have since apologised to us. They have amended the online version of the article and they have promised us that they would do something to correct the error.
...We do not believe again in character assassination or in attacking the character of the individual. We want this to be a debate about the issues, issues that matter to the residents of Bukit Batok.
Let's have a clean and fair election about things that really matter and let's make Bukit Batok the best town in the whole of Singapore."
Dr Paul Tambyah, SDP CEC Member
