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Punggol BE Pundits stumped, PAP launches rescue boat
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Probably because this is by election, and no point reminding punggol east voters that if opposition wins their ward, there may be other AIM like traps causing problems to the town management.
That's why the elections were held early. If the AIMgate issue had been argued out in parliament, the facts established by now, the WP would have been able to whack the PAP over the issue without having to worry about saying something factually inaccurate and getting sued over it.
It's hard to communicate complex stories over an election rally. Only KJ ever tries to do that. Election rallies are for stories which are done and dusted.
WP can win with absolute majority (50% + 1 vote) only if DL+KJ combined poll less than 1%. KJ is going to be the spoiler for this election. He is going to pull a few English-speaking voters who think he is better at policy making than WP. If WP loses, blame will be on KJ for spoiling the fight.
Spot on. SL withdrew motion of TC/AIM issue after LHL launched an investigation (to take about a month or two). To harp too much on it exposes you to unnecessary and unwarranted retort by PAP in line with what AA was served - a thread to sue
You are all wrong! SL is speaking precisely about AIM right now at the rally.
We all knowledge WP will bring up the issue, but nothing new has been reviewed in the rally, besides aren't we right by saying they will not say too much?
They can't say very much about this since there's a pending parliament session about this. If the elections had taken place after the parliament session over the AIM session, a lot of juicy details can be dug up and used to whack the PAP. As it is, you can only repeat what everybody already knows.
I think people are hoping that they will use the words that are just wanting to be used.. words like "conflict of interest" and "corruption", words that the Worker's Party members cannot say because they are potentially defamatory, but more importantly premature with the pending investigation. This will definitely not happen.
New details can still be revealed though, especially if they are particularly damaging. Still, it's probably too much to hope for.
New details can still be revealed though, especially if they are particularly damaging. Still, it's probably too much to hope for.
The most damning and incriminating details are already out in the open. Thought SL did a good job putting across how utterly fucked and crooked this deal was, without actually outright accusing the PAP of corruption. Wondering why LTK didn't translate his Mandarin segment about "opposition unity" into his English speech though.
Just a continuation of his policy to avoid speaking about the other opposition parties. Since the WP has been directly accused of causing opposition disunity, he felt he need to answer, so he just kept it short and in Mandarin then moved on to more important things.
EXACTLY!
What a bunch of political morons we have here. AIMgate is political ammunition. Not to use to an advantage is so dumb.
Shame though. Thought it was a reasoned and rational response to all the hysteria swirling about and deserved a wider airing.
WRONG.
What do you mean by say too much?? Nothing is too much if you're speaking about the facts and its impact on town council management.
He can't really say that it's "corruption" because he'll get whacked if he said that AIM thing was illegal. Thing is, you can't sell the thing off to PAP people. But you can sell it off to ex-PAP people. As for saying that it's "conflict of interest", he will have to be very careful about that for the same reason, although there's more grounds for saying that.
As for how "all the damaging details are already out", a lot of what we know is done by internet sleuthing. Which means they have to be careful about what is accepted official version of events, (which is done by asking questions in parliament) versus what is merely "stuff that everybody knows".
LHL is not concern if this ward goes to WP. He has no desire to see the Young Turks strengthening. This is the Young Turks' by-election. The candidate is their choice, not his. Thus, the lukewarm support for the candidate.
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