"vote-for-any-except-pap-because-I-hate-pap"

[Sideswipe]

That is what the Constitution is for. If framed right from the start, there wouldn't have been any gerrymandering in the first place, because it would have been against the Constitution and therefore illegal.
Gerrymandering has always been about giving an unfair advantage to the PAP by redrawing borders, absorbing opposition strongholds into GRCs and pushing areas with strong support of the PAP into 'weaker areas' to improve results.
Of course, gerrymandering also results in geographical silliness (Bedok belongs to East Coast GRC? Telok Blangah is part of West Coast GRC?), but who cares about historical/geographical borders as long as the Lightning Clan is in power, right?

redistricting is needed to reflect population changes since the last census. gerrymandering is when those in charge of redistricting deliberately divide the precincts to favor one party. the constitution can't really prevent gerrymandering.

 

[Agoraphobic]

like it or not. Lau Lee is a well respected statesman worldwide. i don't like him but he is definitely not in the Kim Jong II and Saddam Hussein league. i don't think forummers here are serious when they compared him to those two.

Yes he is well respected in Capitalist circles, mainly because Sg is a bastion of Capitalism. Many who lived under his leadership despise him for running the country like a company, where all that matters is the bottom-line, without regard for the simple pleasures of life. Even though I do not place him with those the mentioned despots, I won't say he has a big heart as well. Comes across as kind of a cold person.

Cheers!

 

[Cruxx]

like it or not. Lau Lee is a well respected statesman worldwide. i don't like him but he is definitely not in the Kim Jong II and Saddam Hussein league. i don't think forummers here are serious when they compared him to those two.

Indeed. Just like Bernie Madoff, Lee Kuan Yew didn't murder any human beings at all. Alright, there were a few instances of torture that he sanctioned. But no one is perfect in this world, right?