Clear Sign That the FAP is Trying Siam BE in Punggol East

[tonychat]

PAP is the most sinkified party ever.. That is what is expected from them.. a sinkie action.

 

[po2wq]

ah loon demands sinkies 2 sink their sharp spurs deep in2 his arse b4 he springs in2 action ...

 

[The_Hypocrite]

To be honest,,,from a tactical point of view, PAP has no reason not to hold the BE. If they loose the seat,,its just 1 less seat they have,,the gahmen not going to collapse. And from the comments here,,Punggol is a pro PAP SMC,,so PAP has a high chance of winning,,and I believe that it will be a multi cornered fight,,maybe CheeBye, will go in and contest and spoil market,,so even lagi better for PAP,,if PAP win,,sure score a huge propaganda coup,,if loose,,1 seat only what,,not going to bring down PAP,,,so the risk on the PAP is relatively low

 

[garlic]

Can the madam ah neh from hougang go court to ask for BE again?

 

[nirvarq]

Firstly, this is not a properly conducted survey. So, it is not going to be sufficiently representative of residents’ sentiments and a wide margin of error must be accounted for.

I find the ‘findings’ made by TODAY to be rather amusing especially for the impression that they were trying to create. Clearly, by stating that 13 felt that there should be a by-election within 3 months and more than half felt that there was no rush, TODAY is brushing over a very important fact. Of the 30 persons interviewed, 29 actually thought that there is a need for a by-election. Only one person thought that there was no need to elect a new MP. If the information was presented in this way, it would not aid the overall impression that the PAP probably wants to create: that there is no necessity for a by-election and that municipal duties of the MP can be performed by an MP from a neighbouring constituency (and that many residents are not interested in a by-election).

TODAY’s unscientific straw poll (after reading in between the lines) restores (in mymind at least) some faith in my fellow citizens. We are not about to roll over and play dead. Clearly, many want to see the Parliamentary vacancy filled. I expect that there is bound to be disagreement as to whether by-elections should be held as soon as within 3 months of the vacancy. But, only the hardcore PAP apologists would preach on the merits of an empty Parliamentary seat, the acceptability of an unrepresented Constituency and the disenfranchisement of about 31,000 voters.

Coming back to TODAY’s article. This appears to be just part and parcel of the whole business of perception management: presenting information in a technically accurate but linguistically ‘massaged’ form to create the impression that there is not much public support for a by election.

Well, so long as you keep a healthy ability of not taking information at face value, you won’t be caught in the matrix.

(To put an opposite spin the information: 96% of Punggol East residents want a by-election. )

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Subra

* The writer is a Singaporean law lecturer who firmly believes in Liberty, Freedom of Expression and a system of government based on checks and balances. He blogs at http://article14.blogspot.sg

 

[zhihau]

If he lost, that would be the end of him. Does the PAP often take such risk?

wouldn't the PAP be sending their best candidate?

 

[ChaoPappyPoodle]

A proper representation should include residents of Punggol GRC who now find that two of their MPs TCH and TSL will now be available on a less frequent basis. So, do citizens of Punggol GRC want their neighbours to siphon off their MPs precious time or should their neighbours deserve a fully elected MP of their own. The answer should be obvious.

 

[Prometheus888]

wouldn't the PAP be sending their best candidate?

Can't wait to see whether they will actually put someone credible up or they will conveniently throw someone under the bus again.....

 

[TracyTan866]

Can't wait to see whether they will actually put someone credible up or they will conveniently throw someone under the bus again.....

who do they have who are credible?

 

[zhihau]

My guess is that pap now asking George to run, but doubt he will want to

with their current stance of renewal, maybe another ex-Army fella could join the Parliament :o:o:o

 

[TracyTan866]

with their current stance of renewal, maybe another ex-Army fella could join the Parliament :o:o:o

SAF again will show that the PAP cant recruit any good people

 

[Prometheus888]

SAF again will show that the PAP cant recruit any good people

SAF again will probably show that the PAP can recruit good and obedient (to another sinister and more selfish other than the people's cause) people....

can't you see why they draft all these army fellows out? because they are good at obeying orders especially when they are unable to secure the same kind of ridiculous high pay in the REAL private sector ......

Which country has a government appointing army clowns to run its biggest quasi-private enterprises?? (besides Myanmar and North Korea and the like)

 

[zhihau]

SAF again will show that the PAP cant recruit any good people

name me some good people the PAP recruited and introduced them in the last GE :o:o:o

 

[Fook Seng]

wouldn't the PAP be sending their best candidate?

This argument was used on the WP during the Hougang BE. Wonder how this will turn out for them in Punggol East.

If no suitable candidate is found, then no BE. For the PAP, the purpose of a BE is not to replace a voice of the people. The PAP has more than enough seats in parliament not to be concerned with that for their voters.

The other job of the MP - looking after the constituency - can be accomplished by substitution. The key problem making this kind of decisions make them seemed very partition-leaning and will not bode them well in the coming General Election.

 

[Fook Seng]

The other job of the MP - looking after the constituency - can be accomplished by substitution. The key problem making this kind of decisions make them seemed very partition-leaning and will not bode them well in the coming General Election.

Which leaves me thinking whether the recent resignation of two full-time PAP MPs from their full-time employment means that they will be given an additional constituency to look after.

 

[loneshark]

with their current stance of renewal, maybe another ex-Army fella could join the Parliament :o:o:o

Watch out for sudden resignations from now.

 

[YewCharKuay]

Infantile behaviour despite being in power for so long! The writing is on the wall! Times have changed when public opinion can be manipulated so easily by state-controlled media. Today is spinning yarn.

not only being in power for so long. it is being in absolute power for such long time that all checks and balances have been thrown to the wind. they do what they want with all the licensing controls. ditto for appointment of judges.

 

[eErotica69]

What you mean Siam? It is in the Contitution that they must call for BE right?

 

[YewCharKuay]

name me some good people the PAP recruited and introduced them in the last GE :o:o:o

have lah... they intro one who specialised in i don't know what to say and other who did his ns delivering babies.

bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

what quality can anybody expect when those kotek need to hide under the skirt of the grc to get into the parliament? somehow those 60% failed to see this.

 

[zhihau]

If no suitable candidate is found, then no BE.

would there be another good resident from Punggol East challenging the PM again? :o:o:o