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The PAP is up to its usual bag of tricks again. When the campaign for Hougang began, Mr Desmond Choo, the PAP candidate, promised a clean fight. What he did not promise however, was that his fellow PAP ministers would also fight fairly. It is disingenuous that the dirty work of smearing the opposition has been left to his colleagues while he preserves his clean image.
In the first couple of days of the campaign, both sides focussed on issues that concerned the people. But as to be expected, straight out of the classic PAP playbook, the dirty punches were thrown at the opposition and there is no more mention of national or local issues on the part of the PAP as polling day draws near.
This was the same tactic used on James Gomez in the 2006 general elections. The last few days saw an intensive smear campaign, which was throttled only because of backlash from the ground.
Not wanting to let go of the issue, DPM Teo Chee Hean spoke again to the media this afternoon, saying that the “key question” over why Mr Png was not chosen as NCMP by his party remains “unanswered”.
This is even more disingenuous, as Mr Low had already said during Tuesday’s rally that the decision on which member of the East Coast team should be fielded as NCMP lay on the collective decision of the CEC, via secret ballot. The ballot slip was prepared by Mr Low himself.
Is DPM Teo asking WP’s CEC to account for why they did not collectively vote for Png during the secret balloting process? This is ridiculous.
We might as well ask the PAP to account for why, if it felt Mr Desmond Choo was such a good candidate, was he not roped into a GRC team and allowed to enter Parliament by riding the coat-tails of a cabinet minister.
- http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=7619
In the first couple of days of the campaign, both sides focussed on issues that concerned the people. But as to be expected, straight out of the classic PAP playbook, the dirty punches were thrown at the opposition and there is no more mention of national or local issues on the part of the PAP as polling day draws near.
This was the same tactic used on James Gomez in the 2006 general elections. The last few days saw an intensive smear campaign, which was throttled only because of backlash from the ground.
Not wanting to let go of the issue, DPM Teo Chee Hean spoke again to the media this afternoon, saying that the “key question” over why Mr Png was not chosen as NCMP by his party remains “unanswered”.
This is even more disingenuous, as Mr Low had already said during Tuesday’s rally that the decision on which member of the East Coast team should be fielded as NCMP lay on the collective decision of the CEC, via secret ballot. The ballot slip was prepared by Mr Low himself.
Is DPM Teo asking WP’s CEC to account for why they did not collectively vote for Png during the secret balloting process? This is ridiculous.
We might as well ask the PAP to account for why, if it felt Mr Desmond Choo was such a good candidate, was he not roped into a GRC team and allowed to enter Parliament by riding the coat-tails of a cabinet minister.
- http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=7619
