Low Thia Khiang is more canny than most politicians. Certainly more so than your regular PAP MP who most likely coasted in on the coat-tails of a "heavy-weight" in a GRC.
Here is why Low Thia Khiang's request is important:
In the USA, there are many websites that record and consolidate the voting records of senators and representatives on bills presented before Congress. One such website is Project VoteSmart. The idea behind such websites is that citizens can better distinguish between what politicians say and what they actually do.
In particular, as a citizen, because you elect someone and send him or her to Parliament to represent you and your interests, it behooves you, then, to check that your representative votes on legislation in accordance to your wishes. Checking your representative's voting record is one way of seeing whether you've been taken for a ride during the election campaign.
- http://flaneurose.blogspot.sg/2013/02/on-parliament-vote-to-endorse.html
Here is why Low Thia Khiang's request is important:
In the USA, there are many websites that record and consolidate the voting records of senators and representatives on bills presented before Congress. One such website is Project VoteSmart. The idea behind such websites is that citizens can better distinguish between what politicians say and what they actually do.
In particular, as a citizen, because you elect someone and send him or her to Parliament to represent you and your interests, it behooves you, then, to check that your representative votes on legislation in accordance to your wishes. Checking your representative's voting record is one way of seeing whether you've been taken for a ride during the election campaign.
- http://flaneurose.blogspot.sg/2013/02/on-parliament-vote-to-endorse.html
