Hri Kumar talks nonsense about need for GRCs

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[h=2]Hri Kumar talks nonsense about need for GRCs[/h]

April 30th, 2014 |

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MP Hri Kumar


At a roundtable conference hosted by the Straits Times on 23 April 2014 to
discuss Singapore politics, MP Hri Kumar said, in response to a question from
the floor, that Singapore was not ready to revert to single-member
constituencies (SMCs). I quote “If the result turns out that no minorities gets
in, it will be a disaster” (emphasis Mr Kumar’s):

http://www.singapolitics.sg/news/roundtable-video-4-single-seats-vs-grcs

A member of the audience was heard to remark in the background “that is a red
herring”. I agree.

I have pointed out previously in an article here http://sonofadud.com/guest-spot/rajiv-chaudry-on-wool-over-eyes/
and here http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2011/03/grc-system-wool-over-eyes-part-1-of-6/
that between 1968 and 1984 minority race candidates consistently won between 20%
and 31% of the seats in single-member constituencies in Singapore’s general
elections, despite the electorate being overwhelmingly Chinese. And for Mr
Kumar’s elucidation, most of the candidates ran on PAP tickets until JBJ and
Chiam See Tong won their seats in the early 80s as the first opposition
candidates.



So, either Mr Kumar is being wilfully ignorant or he is displaying an
astonishing lack of self confidence in himself as a minority race politician. Is
he, in effect, saying he does not have the confidence that he will be elected in
a straight contest in a hypothetical SMC? If, in fact, that is what he is saying
then he rates himself very poorly indeed against the 85 minority race candidates
who were elected to Singapore’s parliament between 1968 and 1984 in five general
elections by a very discerning electorate who are able to distinguish wheat from
chaff.

If Mr Kumar is so concerned (pertinently) about minority representation in
parliament why not have quotas for minority races? Any shortfall in the numbers
of Malay, Indian or other race MPs can then be made up from a pool of prominent
minority race citizens. If we can have quotas for cars, why not MPs?

It’s time to get rid of GRCs.

Rajiv
Chaudhry

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[h=2]Hri Kumar talks nonsense about need for GRCs[/h]

April 30th, 2014 |

Author: Contributions

MP Hri Kumar


At a roundtable conference hosted by the Straits Times on 23 April 2014 to
discuss Singapore politics, MP Hri Kumar said, in response to a question from
the floor, that Singapore was not ready to revert to single-member
constituencies (SMCs). I quote “If the result turns out that no minorities gets
in, it will be a disaster” (emphasis Mr Kumar’s):

http://www.singapolitics.sg/news/roundtable-video-4-single-seats-vs-grcs

A member of the audience was heard to remark in the background “that is a red
herring”. I agree.

I have pointed out previously in an article here http://sonofadud.com/guest-spot/rajiv-chaudry-on-wool-over-eyes/
and here http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2011/03/grc-system-wool-over-eyes-part-1-of-6/
that between 1968 and 1984 minority race candidates consistently won between 20%
and 31% of the seats in single-member constituencies in Singapore’s general
elections, despite the electorate being overwhelmingly Chinese. And for Mr
Kumar’s elucidation, most of the candidates ran on PAP tickets until JBJ and
Chiam See Tong won their seats in the early 80s as the first opposition
candidates.



So, either Mr Kumar is being wilfully ignorant or he is displaying an
astonishing lack of self confidence in himself as a minority race politician. Is
he, in effect, saying he does not have the confidence that he will be elected in
a straight contest in a hypothetical SMC? If, in fact, that is what he is saying
then he rates himself very poorly indeed against the 85 minority race candidates
who were elected to Singapore’s parliament between 1968 and 1984 in five general
elections by a very discerning electorate who are able to distinguish wheat from
chaff.

If Mr Kumar is so concerned (pertinently) about minority representation in
parliament why not have quotas for minority races? Any shortfall in the numbers
of Malay, Indian or other race MPs can then be made up from a pool of prominent
minority race citizens. If we can have quotas for cars, why not MPs?

It’s time to get rid of GRCs.

Rajiv
Chaudhry

* Submitted by TRE
reader.

We all know what the majority means. What does a minority mean ? Alright, minorities are Malays, Indians and Eurasians. Are they interchangeable ? For example, will a Malay be happy if there are no Malays in Parliament but Indians are represented ? Do we then have to ensure a fair mix of Malays, Indians , Eurasians, maybe naturalized Filipinos etc etc. How do we do that ? I fear we are more interested in being politically correct than in actually addressing a real issue. In other words we are more concerned with appearances.

 

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This guy is the typical MIW big mouth who don't check their facts before they start demonstrating their stupidity.
The only surprise is that he is some senior counsel.

 

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true... just look at the nos of self-enriching-i-cannot-make-mistake-so-dont-blame-me-when-things-went-wrong-or-because-i-call-you-a-wuss muther farkers

the minorities are the most repeesented.