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Like a sore loser, the PAP quickly attributed its Punggol East defeat to some act of God – the “by-election effect.” We lost, not because we are incompetent but because of forces beyond our control. It appears to be a term (in the league of “ponding” and “freak flood”) PAP spin doctors conjured up to save face, and to mollify its dismayed, hardcore supporters.
PAP would be deceiving itself if it genuinely thought it lost because of the “by-election effect”.
Punggol East voters, among which 76% are below 50 years old, had sent the ruling party a very clear message on behalf of the middle/sandwiched class. The pro-opposition supporters had voted tactically by channeling their ballots to the Workers’ Party, and had stood their ground despite the fatter and juicier carrots dangled by PAP this time round.
Despite being younger and better-off, Punggol East voters felt squeezed by the rising cost of living. A Bloomberg report interviews a resident who said, “I asked myself if my life and my standard of living have improved in the last few years, and the answer is no.”
- http://singaporearmchaircritic.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/broken-trust-broken-policies/
PAP would be deceiving itself if it genuinely thought it lost because of the “by-election effect”.
Punggol East voters, among which 76% are below 50 years old, had sent the ruling party a very clear message on behalf of the middle/sandwiched class. The pro-opposition supporters had voted tactically by channeling their ballots to the Workers’ Party, and had stood their ground despite the fatter and juicier carrots dangled by PAP this time round.
Despite being younger and better-off, Punggol East voters felt squeezed by the rising cost of living. A Bloomberg report interviews a resident who said, “I asked myself if my life and my standard of living have improved in the last few years, and the answer is no.”
- http://singaporearmchaircritic.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/broken-trust-broken-policies/
