PAP Splitting Into Two Factions In Near Future - Is There A Possibility?

[Kohliantye]

Many senior leaders in the PAP have passed on.

LKY is still around but he is not that feisty person that he once was.

Whether or not LKY is still weilding power is a mystery.

The appointment of his heir, LHL may also have NOT gone down well with many other people within the top heirachy of the PAP.

I am sure there is some disquiet over the leadership of LHL.

Do you think that after the demise of LKY the PAP may unravel and split in to two factions?

 

[Cruxx]

It has already happened. There's a blue PAP now if you haven't noticed.

 

[ionzu]

it doesn't matter what we think.

it matters more what they fear of the people's vote.

LKY hates democracy.

 

[Kohliantye]

It has already happened. There's a blue PAP now if you haven't noticed.

Bro Cruxx,

I don't understand. Can you explain please.

 

[yellowarse]

Bro Cruxx,

I don't understand. Can you explain please.

The acquiescent blue-attired WP MPs are widely considered by neutrals and non-WP opposition supporters to be the the PAP 'B' Team.

 

[Kohliantye]

The acquiescent blue-attired WP MPs are widely considered by neutrals and non-WP opposition supporters to be the the PAP 'B' Team.

Hopefully that is an assumption and will not come true.

The people who supported them (and still are) will certainly feel very agitated and disappointed

 

[yellowarse]

Hopefully that is an assumption and will not come true.

You be the judge:

During a forum organized by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) two weeks ago, Mr Pritam Singh proclaimed loudly to the entire Singapore that the WP may form a coalition government with the PAP if the latter did not get an outright majority in future elections:

“It may be the case in the future that the PAP only wins 30 seats and they have to form a coalition government, and realise there is only a finite number of individual parties they want to work with.”​

 

[Cruxx]

Hopefully that is an assumption and will not come true.

The people who supported them (and still are) will certainly feel very agitated and disappointed

[video=youtube;AdfP2wmtuNk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdfP2wmtuNk[/video]

 

[Cruxx]

http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=7384

Mr Nair also took aim at Mr Chen’s suggestion for a refinement of the quotas on foreign workers. He retorted that it was ironic for ‘a man who spent more than half his life abroad and came back to Singapore shortly before the elections’ to say there are too many foreign workers here.

Currently, quotas are differentiated broadly by industries. Mr Chen suggested tighter quotas for high-end sectors such as finance and aerospace, where Singaporeans desire jobs, while clusters like public health care, where foreign manpower is urgently needed, be treated more liberally.

The idea was also criticised by PAP MP Indranee Rajah (Tanjong Pagar GRC), who said that this was contrary to the WP’s assertion during last May’s General Election that there are too many foreign workers.

‘It also runs counter to what we are trying to achieve for low-income workers,’ she said. ‘We want them to be fully employed. If you have less stringent manpower policies for those sectors, then what happens to Singaporeans there?’

 

[Cruxx]

[video=youtube;AvqE_xAN1is]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvqE_xAN1is[/video]

 

[yellowarse]

 

[tanwahp]

You be the judge:

During a forum organized by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) two weeks ago, Mr Pritam Singh proclaimed loudly to the entire Singapore that the WP may form a coalition government with the PAP if the latter did not get an outright majority in future elections:

“It may be the case in the future that the PAP only wins 30 seats and they have to form a coalition government, and realise there is only a finite number of individual parties they want to work with.”​

It's quite true that WP has overall less issues with PAP than SDP has (at least on the surface) but it doesn't mean lesser enemy is a friend. You could take the advice of Goh Meng Seng here that not everything is black and white.

 

[tanwahp]

http://www.sgpolitics.net/?p=7384

Your posts only show how big a threat WP is, otherwise why would the PAP bother making WP look bad. You probably proved WP may be facing experience and competency issues but nothing to show that there's any affiliation.

 

[wwabbit]

Hopefully that is an assumption and will not come true.

The people who supported them (and still are) will certainly feel very agitated and disappointed

I wouldn't worry too much about that.
In reality, being pro-PAP or anti-PAP isn't completely black and white. The WP (like the SPP) is somewhere in between. They are willing to support good policies that are being pushed by the PAP and oppose the bad ones. The hardcore anti-PAP parties (e.g. SDP) pretty much try to oppose just about everything the PAP comes up with.

In the past, there hasn't been much rivalry between the various parties, since they pretty much divide up the constituencies to try to avoid 3 corner fights. However things are likely to change from 2016 onwards, and there's going to be competition between the opposition parties for the rights to challenge the PAP in various constituencies. Naturally, the WP is now seen as the big threat to the other opposition parties, so some opposition party supporters are already coming out to discredit the WP. Previously, anti-PAP voters have no qualms about voting for a candidate from a moderate party. Now the anti-PAP parties are in danger of losing their votes to the moderate party if it comes to a 3-corner fight. All these accusations of the WP being pro-PAP are just made to try to retain the vote of the anti-PAP.

 

[SgParent]

“It may be the case in the future that the PAP only wins 30 seats and they have to form a coalition government, and realise there is only a finite number of individual parties they want to work with.”[/INDENT]

In politics, it is not uncommon to remain non committal

So that is a crime now?

 

[Kohliantye]

Bro, the picture above selected by you gave me a clear picture of the politicians and the people that choose them.
Very well picked and posted (pic) for it truly conveyed the meaning of cunningness and deceit.
It has been truly said that a picture says much more.
Many thanks.

 

[Conqueror]

It has already happened. There's a blue PAP now if you haven't noticed.

Yah, like City Cab, rite ?

 

[Conqueror]

Haiz ! Some people just ... WP endorsed their salaries wor.

 

[Cruxx]

Haiz ! Some people just ... WP endorsed their salaries wor.

During the election, they were constantly mocking the PAPzis for their million-dollar ministerial salaries. But once they entered parliament, all they did was to propose more of the same. Some opposition eh?

 

[Cruxx]

I wouldn't worry too much about that.
In reality, being pro-PAP or anti-PAP isn't completely black and white. The WP (like the SPP) is somewhere in between. They are willing to support good policies that are being pushed by the PAP and oppose the bad ones. The hardcore anti-PAP parties (e.g. SDP) pretty much try to oppose just about everything the PAP comes up with.

In the past, there hasn't been much rivalry between the various parties, since they pretty much divide up the constituencies to try to avoid 3 corner fights. However things are likely to change from 2016 onwards, and there's going to be competition between the opposition parties for the rights to challenge the PAP in various constituencies. Naturally, the WP is now seen as the big threat to the other opposition parties, so some opposition party supporters are already coming out to discredit the WP. Previously, anti-PAP voters have no qualms about voting for a candidate from a moderate party. Now the anti-PAP parties are in danger of losing their votes to the moderate party if it comes to a 3-corner fight. All these accusations of the WP being pro-PAP are just made to try to retain the vote of the anti-PAP.

Pray tell, what good policies have the PAPzis pushed forward?