Delaying By-election at Punggol SMC will hurt PAP leadership !

[Man in the streets]

LHL looks confused about this by-election.

PAP is used to giving handouts or economy shares before any GE.

Of course, if this ward is opposition ward, the Pappies will do the LKY style .

LHL will probably hold tis byelection after the budget 2013, you know, some sweets before the by. He is a math person, humans to him are like figures, he thinks everyone else is hungry for rice. Some gold dusts will do the trick.

This is a very serious problem, A speaker in the parliament---can he speak up for the people for the last two years. You know, A Tua Pek Kong in the parliament can serve and represent the Ponggol residents ? Some say not only this MP is not speaking up the people, he is so free to fuck around the PA ground.

PAP will go down further if by-election is not called earlier ! Looking for a right opportunity to give PAP an upperhand does not work no more.

So, let's hope LHL keeps delaying and talks about country and people ! Does he know what is he talking about ?

 

[mojito]

Man in the streets is being silly to think PAP will suffer. Au contraire!

GE2011, PAP was the incumbent for Punggol SMC. After Palmer vacates his seat, WP instead has become the incumbent because only their candidate is known and has campaigned for the constituency. Of course it is to the PAP's benefit to delay the by-election, so that they can come up with the new candidate, get her to be involved in the constituency and prepare some nice carrots before calling the by-election. Therefore the PAP will delay and it will be to their benefit.

 

[fivestars]

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has said a by-election must be held in Punggol East SMC to preserve Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's moral authority.

In a statement signed by SDP's Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan, the party said Mr Michael Palmer's stepping down as a Member of Parliament and also as Speaker of Parliament has left a gaping hole in the legislature that cannot be ignored or papered over.

More importantly, SDP said voters of Punggol East have been badly let down and they deserve the opportunity to elect another representative.

The statement said governance requires not just political but also moral authority.

It said without moral authority, the PM will find his power undermined and challenged from within and outside of his party.

A by-election is the only way that Mr Lee can stem the erosion of his moral authority, it added.

- CNA/de

 

[fivestars]

Too many political party in Singapore. The real ground was only PAP and WP. PAP had converted other small party (MIC, MCA, UMNO and so on) become a strong party.

The WP leader still sleep. They never try to alliance with other small party to make them strong. The WP had to make sometime different from PAP. The small parties shall had their own voice and activities but when come to election small parties shall provide good quality candidate to contest in election. The number of candidate from small parties shall come to an agreement point before contest. If not, WP party will facing more cornered fight in Election.

In the 2011 general elections, this ward was the only ward to have a 3 cornered fight, not seen since the 2001 general elections in the then Bukit Timah SMC. Desmond Lim of the Singapore Democratic Alliance secured a mere 4.45% of the votes in Punggol East SMC, against PAP's Michael Palmer and [[Singapore Democratic Alliance's Desmond Lim, which is the lowest percentage of votes a candidate has gotten in the 2011 election. As a result, he was the only candidate in that particular election to have his election deposit forfeited.

 

[fivestars]

SINGAPORE: The National Solidarity Party (NSP) has said it appreciates the open and responsible way that the PAP has handled the discovery of the extra-marital affairs of former Speaker of Parliament Michael Palmer.

In a media statement, NSP's Secretary-General Hazel Poa said "regardless of his or her position, each person should be responsible and accountable for his/her actions." And "this is a principle we must uphold."

Ms Poa said the NSP noted with concern the rise in the number of high-profile cases of marital infidelities, and "urged the MCYS to study if these are signs of a rising social problem, and if so, the underlying causes."

She said the impact of a social breakdown to a person's quality of life can never be compensated by economic achievements.

On the possibility of a by-election at Punggol East, Ms Poa said the NSP has decided not to create a multi-cornered fight by contesting, "in the interest of furthering the opposition cause".

The Workers' Party contested in the Punggol East single-member constituency (SMC) at the last election and has indicated its desire to do so again in the event of a by-election.

- CNA/de