When are Chiam and wife Lina ever going to learn?

[Confuseous]

Our political system is one of cabinet government. To succeed, a party must be able to find enough leaders who can work together. This means an essential quality of a party leader is that of being able to work collegially with others despite differences of opinion from time to time. And since ambition is never far away in politics, a party leader must be able to suffer other egos as big as his own.

A good leader is one who never forgets that the mission is far more important than himself. It is the shared mission that attracts people and sustains their loyalty. Personality politics cannot take a party very far. Instead, it is more advisable to tend to core ideas and defining principles for the sake of a party’s future.

- http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2...ty-may-be-regarded-as-a-misfortune-but-three/

 

[Fook Seng]

Don't think it is just a simple case of giving up power. Even if you wish to retire, you would wish to put in place someone you hope will continue to push the principles you have put in place.

The fact that in the last election, he put Lina Chiam in the ward of Potong Pasir instead of someone who could give a more convincing contest showed that he still did not have complete trust in these younger members to be aligned to his own principles.

It is not just the fear of giving up control but that of a total usurp of power. Evidently he cannot trust TJS and as these younger ones are so determined, he has no choice but to bite the bullet.

The fact remains that the Chiams and Ben, David, Wilfred and the rest are not meant for each other. David had declared that he would not stand for election. What is his agenda in all this? Why is he so insistent?