gms please quit g.e.2020 like humblebrag ivan...you selfish bastard wasting a chance for other capable oppie candidate

[Confuseous]

What was the reason he quit WP? He might stand a better chance if he is with wp.

Simple. His philosophy was: My way or the highway.
Such is the way of the ego maniac

 

[mojito]

New does not mean capable. GMS is a household name. I trust him more than worker party.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Singapore GE2020: This election will be PPP's Goh Meng Seng's last

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SINGAPORE - The People's Power Party (PPP) secretary-general Goh Meng Seng on Saturday (June 27) said this will be his last contest in a general election.
Speaking to the media during a walkabout at MacPherson Market and Food Centre, the 50-year-old said he had initially planned to stay in politics for 15 years or three election cycles.
But this will be his fourth, this time contesting the MacPherson SMC, where he is expected to face the People's Action Party's (PAP) Tin Pei Ling.
"When I first got involved in politics, I told my wife to give me 15 years. But now I might be crossing 20 years... My daughter, who wasn't even born then, has now grown up.
"I don't want to put my family through too much," added the opposition veteran, the principal consultant of market research and consultancy company Whiz Research and Consultancy.
Mr Goh made his debut as a candidate in 2006, when he contested Aljunied GRC with the Workers' Party.
"Every election, we lose money. I even sold my flat to finance the second one," he added, referring to the 2011 General Election where he contested Tampines GRC on the National Solidarity Party ticket.
Although he secured enough votes to get his election deposit back every time he contested, Mr Goh said there were other expenses such as the cost of setting up rallies, renting vehicles and producing posters.
In May 2015, months ahead of the general election that year, Mr Goh announced that he was setting up the PPP.
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He then led a group of candidates that contested Chua Chu Kang GRC and lost to the PAP team helmed by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong. PAP secured 76.89 per cent of the vote.
In a Facebook post on Saturday afternoon, Mr Goh provided his party's election manifesto.
It includes upgrading the older Housing Board flats in MacPherson through various programmes and schemes; setting up a community hospital to cater to the elderly; and inviting charities to set up free traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinics and soup kitchens.
Mr Goh called for a greater opposition presence in Parliament, even as he praised Ms Tin for her service to the residents in MacPherson.
He said: "She's part of the (ruling) party so how do you expect her to be more critical of her own party's policies. So as an opposition member, and with an economics and statistics background, I think I can contribute more in Parliament for the nation."

Holy shit! Lau Goh MS is just 50 yo? Looks more like into his 60s.

 

[GoldenDragon]

To announce his retirement is to tell voters that this is their last chance to vote for him.
Do not miss this chance is the message he is giving.
Might terribly backfire on him.

Agree. Not wise to give voters an ultimatum like he did. More so when he’s a nobody in the eyes of our voters. Wish him well nonetheless.

 

[GoldenDragon]

CB Kia Goh Meng Seng only lose to Desmond Lim in the table of GE clowns

Have to respectfully disagree with you. Desmond lives in another planet. GMS makes more sense than Desmond.

 

[myfoot123]

What was the reason he quit WP? He might stand a better chance if he is with wp.

He thinks he is better than LTK and SL and without him, WP cannot succeed. Now that he is mightily independent, he whined about not given the opportunity and nagged about this GE being his last try after many failed attempts in the past. Adding salt to his own wound, he praised a "School Girl" for being his equal before election even began and then urged voters to show some sympathy before his "retirement". That very much sum up GMS's poltical journey, as he himself put it, an "indespensible" candidate since his days in WP..

 

[Loofydralb]

GMS modus operandi for the past election show him to be a coward.
During rallies he and his team will give fiery (but more like libellious) speeches that of course the audience laps up.
Then the expected loss of polling day will be quickly followed up with an announcement that GMS has resigned from the party.
The reason for that is he is afraid of being sued till pants drop and he quickly runs road to hongkong to hide and see if he escapes being sued.
Total gutless piece of turd.

 

[KuanTi01]

I second the motion.
HIs past efforts are appreciated - but please move on

He is no orator and he came across more like an old windbag.He has done enough with not much success to show. Appreciate his guts though!