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Chitchat What to watch and what to expect in Parliament on 3rd July

scroobal

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Treat this as an event. For some it will be a pantomime, others a study on captive politics and going thru the motions but overall it worth watching not to expect justice to be served in any measure but to see how the PAP treats its voters and this country.

What to expect
- PM speech will go straight for the sympathy card to bring in the gullible and naive from the word go. It will crafted along the lines of the dutiful eldest son who has done every thing possible to please his father and his siblings.
- why he recused himself
- He will also raise the spectre of governing the nation and the heavy burden it places on him
- He will preempt his role in the select committee but making it very clear that Teo Chee Hean and his cabinet colleagues drove this and he had already recused himself.
- He will also cover extensively how clean his government is and mention the prosecution of senior civil servants for corruption. And why he cannot afford to leave serious allegations unaddressed.
- leading questions from PAP MPs

What not to expect
- one serious allegation from the first joint statement from the siblings is the role of Ho Ching in instructing civil servants and her unfettered influence. He will speak about his dutiful wife but not her role as head of the Sovereign fund and her conduct. Note the govt and he has never addressed this allegation to date.
- he already raised the cancer sympathy card during nassim jade so I don't expect its re-use.
- and lastly a serious debate

What to watch for
- Chan Chun Sing cannot help himself when it comes parochial politics. This guy will pulling at the leash to get into the act of saving the party
- Opposition members in particular Sylvia, Low, Pritam and Leon - their general line will be to go for a CPIB investigation and going for a independent Board of Inquiry.
- watch for the MP that will be assigned to attack the opposition and my bet will be on Dominic Puthcheary as Shan is already tainted.
 
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zhihau

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It could well be a non-event... Pinky turned punky and had set the parameters for the agendas to be discussed. Remember "The (Singapore) Conversation" involving HSK and the citizens? Became a non-event too...
 

bobby

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3 Jul a lot of people will be on MC and queuing up at the public viewing gallery at the parliament to watch fireworks....
 

3_M

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From my impression, public opinion is split almost evenly. Some think that the siblings is too much while other feels Lhl is at fault. His address in parliament can be seen as an attempt to win back of of his lost support over the dispute.

I expect him to sing along this line that his obligation to the people as PM of the country comes first before his duty as the 'filial son' of LKY.
 

3_M

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No live streaming means the media will still continue to report their edited version.

Waste of time.
 

Thick Face Black Heart

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What to watch for
- Chan Chun Sing cannot help himself when it comes parochial politics. This guy will pulling at the leash to get into the act of saving the party


Kee Chiu is the party whip and the whip has been lifted. His mind must be churning now how to play this.
 

nayr69sg

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Actually it looks to me that all this was staged. LHY, LWL, LHL planned all this together. To distract from the more pressing issues eg China's abandonment of Singapore. US distancing itself from LHL. PSA becoming redundant. Lagging Singapore economy with no ideas on how to innovate. High property prices. Looming expiry of 99 year lease for HDB flats.

Distraction. They might drag this out all the way to the next general elections.
 

koKSia

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The real issues of Ho Ching and Lucien Wong won't be raised by PAP MPs. In fact, I think it won't even be raised by WP. Low will wage a prudent bet, as he always does. He knows LHL still has a strong political base. People like Pritam and Leon will go aggressive but it will be things like COI, transparency, checks and balances etc, motherhood statements. They would sound all good and mighty but they can be easily deflected.

Unless the younger brother and sister are willing to give details and evidence of abuse of power or big brother watching them, this will be a B grade flick.

LHL is a dumb fuck if he thinks Sinkies are convinced just because he said he recused himself that what the govt does has nothing to do with him.
 

bobby

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Parliament is a place to debate and discuss national issue of importance to the public...not family matters that the PM thinks fit to speak from his side uni-laterally.

Any other topics of public interest discussed in Parliament will gather the benefits of a fruitful and constructive discussion from other MPs. A one sided monologue of sibling squabbles unknown to any MP would be a complete waste of time.
 

Goldcheekon

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Own self talk, own self ask questions, own self answer, then concluding own self that Own self is being blackmailed and and whiter than white.
 

3_M

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Most of the questions filed are toeing along the line of lhl concerning validity of Lky will or design in such a way to give lhl the chance to clear any public 'misconception'.

WP though posted some pointed questions won't go far as to probe lhl further. I expect it to be nothing more than Q & A session.
 

KNNBPCB

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They will have a robust debate and eventually conclude that LHL was right all along. :biggrin:
 
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