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http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/08/pap-plays-popularity-but-what-about-the-plan/
Really? What will be the PAP’s policy proposal for a public transport system that is clearly still in sore need of improvement, if not a major overhaul? Would the party now even bother to come up with a plan, or will it be everyone’s (effectively, no one’s) responsibility? Perhaps the PM will identify a potential Transport Minister among the new faces that the party bigwigs are rolling out in a dignified manner? Dare we even hope?
To some, Lui’s exit might represent him taking personal responsibility for the public transport mess created by his government, and perhaps the same can be said for Lim, Mah and Wong. If so, it is surely to be applauded, even if we can disagree about whether he truly should. But it is still a far cry from making his political party fully accountable for a crippled public transport system that has suffered from poor planning and plain incompetence in oversight.
The worse case is that the exit of Lui and others might even point to a desire by the PAP to sweep things further under the carpet, and at the last straw, pull out their retirement as a token for making amends. Woe the day should that happen, for we would have been a few more notches up the accountability ladder if they had just stayed past GE2015 and met the hot potatoes in the face.
Really? What will be the PAP’s policy proposal for a public transport system that is clearly still in sore need of improvement, if not a major overhaul? Would the party now even bother to come up with a plan, or will it be everyone’s (effectively, no one’s) responsibility? Perhaps the PM will identify a potential Transport Minister among the new faces that the party bigwigs are rolling out in a dignified manner? Dare we even hope?
To some, Lui’s exit might represent him taking personal responsibility for the public transport mess created by his government, and perhaps the same can be said for Lim, Mah and Wong. If so, it is surely to be applauded, even if we can disagree about whether he truly should. But it is still a far cry from making his political party fully accountable for a crippled public transport system that has suffered from poor planning and plain incompetence in oversight.
The worse case is that the exit of Lui and others might even point to a desire by the PAP to sweep things further under the carpet, and at the last straw, pull out their retirement as a token for making amends. Woe the day should that happen, for we would have been a few more notches up the accountability ladder if they had just stayed past GE2015 and met the hot potatoes in the face.
