Serious Prof Tommy Koh : Singapore Not Invited To Summit ; US Said SG Not a Democracy ...

[nightsafari]

to build a democratic society

lanjiao lah!!

 

[nightsafari]

Where to find the citation on US Democracy Party 's stance ?

the reasons put forth by it .

or is it another CIA State Secrets

kamsia thank you.

what you mean?

party platform? or agenda?

 

[SHIB]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/us/politics/biden-democracy-summit.html?smid=url-share

Biden Rallies Global Democracies as U.S. Hits a ‘Rough Patch’​

 

[laksaboy]

Tommy Koh is another jiakliaobee, a globalist who sarkars his UN masters.

 

[Splendicker]

Paging for our beloved SDP Cafe Owner Aung Juan Soon Chee to say a few words :(

Funny.. Nothing to do with oppies here, should be answered by PAP ruler Loong.

 

[maxsanic]

Looks to me like a gathering of all the usual members of the pro-US faction among Singapore's foreign ministry. It's quite amusing seeing them squabbling among themselves what the purported reasons were for the omission from the so called democracy meeting - like a bunch of kids blaming each other when they couldn't get a star sticker from the teacher.

The correct attitude should be we Singapore do what we want to do and don't give two hoots whether we are invited to some hotchpotch cobbled together virtual Zoom meeting by a guy who has difficulty remembering his lines after 5 minutes.

 

[Confuseous]

Everytime the word "people's" is included in "democracy" or "republic" watch out. It is an oxymoron.

Same principle applies. When a newspaper company include TRUST in its off icial company name,
beware.

 

[tobelightlight]

The PAP deletes should look into themselves on why this is happening instead of giving excuses. It is not about being Republic, it is about how you treat your citizens and the law that enforce on the citizens.

 

[laksaboy]

Looks to me like a gathering of all the usual members of the pro-US faction among Singapore's foreign ministry. It's quite amusing seeing them squabbling among themselves what the purported reasons were for the omission from the so called democracy meeting - like a bunch of kids blaming each other when they couldn't get a star sticker from the teacher.

The correct attitude should be we Singapore do what we want to do and don't give two hoots whether we are invited to some hotchpotch cobbled together virtual Zoom meeting by a guy who has difficulty remembering his lines after 5 minutes.

If Sinkieland didn't give two hoots, why did the pro-govt mouthpieces publish 'the grapes were sour so we didn't want them anyway' articles immediately after the announcement that Sinkieland was not invited?

Just keep calm, run along, do your own 'soft authoritarianism' thing and run your little tinpot island to the ground.

Case in point:
hxxps://mothership.sg/2021/11/united-states-biden-democracy-summit-singapore-not-invited/

 

[Kee Chew]

Even as the United States makes Southeast Asia a diplomatic priority, it has invited just three ASEAN members to this week’s democracy summit, but analysts in the region said Tuesday that Washington’s strategy in doing so was largely sound.

Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are the only three Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) member states that are invited.

And including the Philippines, despite the thousands of extrajudicial killings since 2016, is not as perplexing as it may seem, one analyst said. Others noted that by inviting Manila, the U.S. was prioritizing its strategic security goals.

 

[Kee Chew]

The upcoming democracy summit that US President Joe Biden will host is not intended for participants to “sit in judgment” of nations that are not invited, and the omission of the likes of Singapore from the forum is not an indictment of bilateral ties with Washington, a senior US diplomat has said.


Speaking to regional journalists in Singapore, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink said the summit was instead an opportunity for a “select number” of the world’s democracies to exchange views on how such societies could better deliver benefits to citizens and promote democracy.


“This is not designed to be a forum in which we sit in judgment of other countries,” Kritenbrink said, responding to a question on why Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam were among the regional countries omitted from the December 9-10 event.


The event – to be held virtually – has been touted as the first of its kind, and will feature governments from more than 100 countries. The summit has attracted controversy in recent weeks after the Biden administration invited representatives from self-ruled Taiwan, drawing a sharp reaction from Beijing.

 

[Kee Chew]

https://www.todayonline.com/voices/why-was-singapore-excluded-upcoming-us-summit-democracy

Why was Singapore excluded from the upcoming US Summit for Democracy?​

AFP
Singapore did not make a list of invitees to the upcoming US Summit for Democracy. A TODAY reader says this snub of Singapore made him wonder what criteria US President Joe Biden’s administration used to assess if a country was truly democratic.
CHIRAG AGARWAL
Published December 2, 2021
Updated December 2, 2021


https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/

 

[Asterix]

Was Walter Woon in the audience? From his lectures at NUS, he most definitely does not believe Singapore is a democracy. That's probably why he was not made Dean of the law faculty even though he's eminently qualified.

 

[Asterix]

https://www.todayonline.com/voices/why-was-singapore-excluded-upcoming-us-summit-democracy

Why was Singapore excluded from the upcoming US Summit for Democracy?​

AFP
Singapore did not make a list of invitees to the upcoming US Summit for Democracy. A TODAY reader says this snub of Singapore made him wonder what criteria US President Joe Biden’s administration used to assess if a country was truly democratic.
CHIRAG AGARWAL
Published December 2, 2021
Updated December 2, 2021


https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/

No need to wonder lah, Prime Ministers of democracies do not publicly admit to fixing the opposition by hook or by crook. So simple also don't know, that Sinkie must be part of the useless 61%.

 

[syed putra]

UMNO's plan was to turn Sinkie into a gaza. A huge prison. Sort of refugee camp.but it backfired.

 

[Kee Chew]

 

[LordElrond]

I’m very proud that Singapore is viewed as aligned to Russia and China. Majulah PAP !

 

[Cottonmouth]

Miss Tiffany show should invite Lanjiao Loong that chaocheebye over.

 

[blackmondy]

Having a fake president chairing a democracy summit is like a rapist chairing protect-the-women summit.

 

[glockman]

The pap has been abusing the word democracy, when all along we were anything but.

-no freedom of msm
-protests are unlawful
-an assembly of one person is unlawful
-widespread cronyism and nepotism
-super high ministerial salaries
-etc etc

This snub by the US is the ultimate litmus test.