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So the people of Singapore are now presented with a different conundrum – do we keep faith with the current driver who does not know where he is heading and is in fact slowly but surely destroying the vessel itself, or do we replace the driver altogether?
No doubt, even with a better prepared opposition in this election, there will invariably be a price to pay when we go with a new driver, since be would have no clear knowledge how to operate the vessel and needs time and patience to learn and practise the controls. However, the key difference to note here is that the new driver is clearly focused on getting the vessel heading in a specific direction that most of us would want while trying to repair the damage already done (together with any damage that it itself will create in the process of learning to run a country).
With many of the current policies in place wreaking havoc on the lives of Singaporeans (without any assurance that this pain of today is resolutely for a better tomorrow), this ‘business as usual’ practice can only last so long before irreparable damage sets in.
The ‘pragmatic’ segment of the electorate now has to resist old habits that have been drilled into us over decades. Those who intend to vote PAP to protect their (immediate) future must do so with the realisation that their decision will jeopardise their (children’s) future. It is thus time for us as a nation to be willing to weather the storm of a new driver learning the ropes for a few years so that better drivers can be installed in our children’s time.
So the people of Singapore are now presented with a different conundrum – do we keep faith with the current driver who does not know where he is heading and is in fact slowly but surely destroying the vessel itself, or do we replace the driver altogether?
No doubt, even with a better prepared opposition in this election, there will invariably be a price to pay when we go with a new driver, since be would have no clear knowledge how to operate the vessel and needs time and patience to learn and practise the controls. However, the key difference to note here is that the new driver is clearly focused on getting the vessel heading in a specific direction that most of us would want while trying to repair the damage already done (together with any damage that it itself will create in the process of learning to run a country).
With many of the current policies in place wreaking havoc on the lives of Singaporeans (without any assurance that this pain of today is resolutely for a better tomorrow), this ‘business as usual’ practice can only last so long before irreparable damage sets in.
The ‘pragmatic’ segment of the electorate now has to resist old habits that have been drilled into us over decades. Those who intend to vote PAP to protect their (immediate) future must do so with the realisation that their decision will jeopardise their (children’s) future. It is thus time for us as a nation to be willing to weather the storm of a new driver learning the ropes for a few years so that better drivers can be installed in our children’s time.
