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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - PAPee out to maintain Political Hegemony</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>Fkapore <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>6:33 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 1) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>37161.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt> Rebuking PM Lee's flawed "two party state" rubbish <HR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #989898; COLOR: #989898" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->For the second time in a week, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong broached the impracticability of having a two-party system in Singapore, a reflection of how close the topic is to his heart.
A TWO-PARTY system cannot work in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday as reported by The Straits Times. This is because it is adversarial and guarantees neither good governance nor progress.
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Mr Lee is taking a leaf out of his father’s book by resorting to the usual PAP-style scare-mongering tactics again to frighten Singaporeans from voting for the opposition out of fear that the emergence of another political party will result in political instability.
The PAP has 82 out of 84 seats in Parliament. The opposition will need to win at least 40 seats in the next General Election in order for a two-party system to materialize and we all know this is a tall order given the gross disparity in strength between the PAP and the opposition now.
The PAP can afford to lose one, two or even three GRCs in the next General Election and still maintain its dominance in Parliament where it can pass its bills unrestrained under the “dominant party” system advocated by PM Lee. There will be no changes in the status quo.
Why does the PAP needs all 84 seats in Parliament to ensure good governance and progress in Singapore ? Or is because Mr Lee will be spending his time fixing the couple of opposition MPs in Parliament as alleged by him during an election rally in 2006 ?
Read rest of article here:
<A href="http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/20/rebuking-pm-lees-flawed-concepts-of-two-party-state/" target=_blank>http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/20/re...o-party-state/
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A TWO-PARTY system cannot work in Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday as reported by The Straits Times. This is because it is adversarial and guarantees neither good governance nor progress.
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Mr Lee is taking a leaf out of his father’s book by resorting to the usual PAP-style scare-mongering tactics again to frighten Singaporeans from voting for the opposition out of fear that the emergence of another political party will result in political instability.
The PAP has 82 out of 84 seats in Parliament. The opposition will need to win at least 40 seats in the next General Election in order for a two-party system to materialize and we all know this is a tall order given the gross disparity in strength between the PAP and the opposition now.
The PAP can afford to lose one, two or even three GRCs in the next General Election and still maintain its dominance in Parliament where it can pass its bills unrestrained under the “dominant party” system advocated by PM Lee. There will be no changes in the status quo.
Why does the PAP needs all 84 seats in Parliament to ensure good governance and progress in Singapore ? Or is because Mr Lee will be spending his time fixing the couple of opposition MPs in Parliament as alleged by him during an election rally in 2006 ?
Read rest of article here:
<A href="http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/20/rebuking-pm-lees-flawed-concepts-of-two-party-state/" target=_blank>http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/20/re...o-party-state/
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