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PAP asks for blank cheque, leaders contradict each other....
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
It is not a new message. Or a new (implicit) threat. Political watchers would know that the PAP is fond of resorting to warnings of apocalypse to get its way. Vote opposition and rubbish will be piled three storeys high. Vote opposition and investors will run away. Vote opposition and the value of your homes will come down. Vote opposition and you have five years to repent. Vote opposition and the prime minister will have to spend all his time thinking of ways to “fix” the opposition, and how to buy his supporters’ votes. The little boy who often cried wolf has not grown up. Yet, the PAP – and one suspects, Mr Lee especially – knows Singaporeans increasingly feel that checks and balances are important. In fact, in a recent survey by the Straits Times, this came in second in importance to voters, after the issue of an efficient government. So, it would seem that either Mr Lee is dismissing voters’ feelings, or he is trying his utmost best to disabuse such desire for political or parliamentary checks and balances. Either way, Mr Lee’s speech makes a poor case for it. The PAP seems to be struggling...........http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014...-blank-cheque/ Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com. |
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