The ONLY way for there to be ANY change in Singapore is if there is a split in the PAP. With TCB stepping out, this was the first sign of hope that this could happen. Had TCB won, more PAP MPs would have built up the guts to defect to the opposition if they felt that something was wrong. Do you think that PAP MPs are not human beings and do not have their own views? I can tell you that many PAP people cannot stomach some of the things that the PAP leadership does. However, they are scared to death of being pariahs, hence their silence. Of course, this is their own fucking fault and reflects badly on them too.
But a TCB victory would have inspired them to stand up for their morals and principles. That would have been the catalyst for the splitting of the PAP, which is the ONLY way that Singapore will ever see a change to the current disgusting system of cronyism, nepotism, patron-clientalism and oligarchy perpetuated by a small band of elites (who are linked by social ties and family ties, NOT party affiliation).
I am not even talking about the PAP. The PAP is just a tool, a vehicle being used by the elite oligarchs to further their own grasp on power. The majority of the PAP members (including MPs and even ministers) are on the outer periphery of this inner circle, and they don't even know that they are being used.
There MUST be a split in the PAP for change to come to Singapore. TCB will be too old in 6 years time. The next hope is GY.