Yang wrote a good piece yesterday ,
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The GE 2025 outcome has been a sad result for Singapore and also for the PSP. I would like to thank Dr Tan Cheng Bock for his courage, spirit and patriotism for coming forward for our people and our country. Leong Mun Wai and Hazel Poa have each been the most active and engaged MPs and have brought many probing important questions and issues into Parliament. Mun Wai and Hazel made sacrifices. They suffered the slings and arrows of parliamentary debate valiantly, and spoke truth to power. I salute their manifold contributions and look forward to their continuing participation for our people and our country in different ways.
Progress is not a straight line. The fight for issues that concern Singaporeans continues.
There continues to be room outside Parliament to seek changes in our electoral system (including electoral boundaries and the continued role of GRCs) and for electoral education. We need to nurture civic society voices. We need to continue to seek open government, proper accountability and demand the highest ethical conduct of those in power.
A dominant party might have served us during initial nation-building, but long-term national success requires power-sharing, political competition, and civic empowerment.
PM Lawrence Wong now has his mandate and an opportunity to shape a Cabinet with a fresh team. In PM Wong’s 15 May 2024 inauguration he asserted “ We have ensured that every community, every religion and every linguistic group…feels Included, Respected and Valued” “We seek pragmatic compromises” “We do so always in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust”. Singapore now looks towards a future beyond the Lee family. PM Wong must decide if that means a step towards a more open polity or a return to the politics of fear.
I wish PM Wong well in building a better Singapore for all Singaporeans. Majulah Singapura.