Opposition Puea Thai won a clear majority in Thailand's landmark elections on Sunday.
Thai voters have overwhelmingly ditched the elitist Democrat Party in favour of populace policies of the poor that Thaksin's party stands for.
While nothing is black and white in politics, the fact that Thai people had the guts to vote for change after waves of red shirts, yellow shirts protests, speaks highly of the electorate.
In Singapore, a developed state, more and more people have fallen through the cracks. The poor has gotten poorer. Purchasing power is diminishing.
The middle class is increasingly sandwiched between chunks of foreigners who've taken away good jobs and depressed wages in the long run. Housing has become a life long burden, retirement a dream and marriage rates have dipped to an all-time low.
Yet 60% of Singaporeans didn't have the testicular fortitude to vote for change.
Singaporeans have lots to learn from our Northern neighbours. Or remain daft for life.
You may not know that Puea Thai Party is Thailand MAIN Political party until 2007..They won back is natural no need to compare with PAP...Singapore and Thailand are different so no point of comparing
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment.
ReplyDeleteActually, it's a 50-50 thing. Puea Thai is a populist party while PAP is elitist.
It that sense, the Thai Democrats are more like PAP.
In any case, it's about voting for change when things aren't going well.