NCMPs do not have voting rights on policies, including no confidence votes. There's nothing they can do to stop the PAP.
That's why we need real opposition MPs to keep PAP in check.
Showing posts with label GE 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GE 2011. Show all posts
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Rally action- May 5
"NCMP scheme is designed to bring in powerless people to Parliment"- Low Thia Khiang, leader of the Workers' Party makes a valid point on final day of campaigning.
NCMPs do not have voting rights on policies, including no confidence votes. There's nothing they can do to stop the PAP.
That's why we need real opposition MPs to keep PAP in check.
NCMPs do not have voting rights on policies, including no confidence votes. There's nothing they can do to stop the PAP.
That's why we need real opposition MPs to keep PAP in check.
Rally action- May 5
Excellent speech by Sadasivam Veriyah.
Btw, SDP, fantastic final rally. All eleven candidates are definitely MP calibre.
The crowd enjoyed every minute of it.
Kudos to Dr. Vincent for thanking Dr Chee Soon Juan at the end. Dr. Chee has championed democracy and human rights for years, endured countless prison terms and is going through a crushing bankruptcy at the hands of the PAP.
Btw, SDP, fantastic final rally. All eleven candidates are definitely MP calibre.
The crowd enjoyed every minute of it.
Kudos to Dr. Vincent for thanking Dr Chee Soon Juan at the end. Dr. Chee has championed democracy and human rights for years, endured countless prison terms and is going through a crushing bankruptcy at the hands of the PAP.
If the opposition makes significant inroads on Saturday, I think Dr. Chee should deserve some credit for showing the world that all is not well with the PAP system.
PM Lee spotted at Aljunied GRC rally
With 45 minutes left till cooling day, I'd better get in some final thoughts.
Apparently, as my friend pointed out to me, expressing political opinions on blogs is also disallowed on "cooling off" day. Can anyone else verify?
Anyway, PM Lee was spotted at Ubi to give support to their Aljunied team.
Now, if George Yeo and his band of MPs are so qualified to the extent that PAP has warned voters of their "great loss" to the country if voted out, why is PM Lee campaigning on their behalf, on the final day of campaigning?
Sure he can always lend a hand as party sec-gen but is he saying that Marine Parade GRC, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, West Coast, CCK, East Coast and his own AMK GRC are less important than Aljunied?
So does George Yeo look indispensible now?
Apparently, as my friend pointed out to me, expressing political opinions on blogs is also disallowed on "cooling off" day. Can anyone else verify?
Anyway, PM Lee was spotted at Ubi to give support to their Aljunied team.
Now, if George Yeo and his band of MPs are so qualified to the extent that PAP has warned voters of their "great loss" to the country if voted out, why is PM Lee campaigning on their behalf, on the final day of campaigning?
Sure he can always lend a hand as party sec-gen but is he saying that Marine Parade GRC, Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, West Coast, CCK, East Coast and his own AMK GRC are less important than Aljunied?
So does George Yeo look indispensible now?
There has never been a more crucial time for Singaporeans
Some people feel that PM Lee's apology may have swayed some undecided voters.
While we know that it was a calculated moved, the PAP gamble may well pay off come May 7th.
It is estimated that there are about 90,000 new citizens this elections, translating to about 4% of votes.
With many battleground facing close fights, 4% can easily decide the outcome of the results.
The danger of a 87-0 Parliment is clear and present. If that happens, the only lesson the PAP would have learnt from this election is that they should have converted more PRs to citizens. Come 2016, there could be another 90,000 new citizens adding electoral support to their new masters.
By then, the Singaporean electorate will be powerless to do anything. And the harsh reality of native Singaporeans becoming second class citizens would have fully materialised.
The message to Singaporeans is very clear.... this might be your one and only chance to reclaim your natural rights as citizens who together with our forefathers, toiled to build the roads, parks, skyscrapers, malls, our financial service, our civil service and the works.
Our sons have sacrificed their blood and sweat in National Service only to hear a new PAP man and former chief of army apparently downplaying the signficance of NS.
One minister even remarked that if we make new citizens serve NS, they will all run away.
Opposition parties have gone all out to assure Singaporeans that voting is secret.
Unless Singaporeans overcome the fear that PAP has successfully manifested in us, we will have another five years of the same deficient policies that have lowered our quality of life- expensive HDB flats, overcrowded public spaces, foreigners taking away jobs, depression of local wages, MPs talking down to us, ever rising ministerial salaries and the unbearable cost of living.
I urge all Singaporeans to use Cooling-Off day to reflect and then disepl the irrational notion that our votes can be traced.
If we don't vote wisely, to paraphrase MM Lee, "we have five years to live and repent".
While we know that it was a calculated moved, the PAP gamble may well pay off come May 7th.
It is estimated that there are about 90,000 new citizens this elections, translating to about 4% of votes.
With many battleground facing close fights, 4% can easily decide the outcome of the results.
The danger of a 87-0 Parliment is clear and present. If that happens, the only lesson the PAP would have learnt from this election is that they should have converted more PRs to citizens. Come 2016, there could be another 90,000 new citizens adding electoral support to their new masters.
By then, the Singaporean electorate will be powerless to do anything. And the harsh reality of native Singaporeans becoming second class citizens would have fully materialised.
The message to Singaporeans is very clear.... this might be your one and only chance to reclaim your natural rights as citizens who together with our forefathers, toiled to build the roads, parks, skyscrapers, malls, our financial service, our civil service and the works.
Our sons have sacrificed their blood and sweat in National Service only to hear a new PAP man and former chief of army apparently downplaying the signficance of NS.
One minister even remarked that if we make new citizens serve NS, they will all run away.
Opposition parties have gone all out to assure Singaporeans that voting is secret.
Unless Singaporeans overcome the fear that PAP has successfully manifested in us, we will have another five years of the same deficient policies that have lowered our quality of life- expensive HDB flats, overcrowded public spaces, foreigners taking away jobs, depression of local wages, MPs talking down to us, ever rising ministerial salaries and the unbearable cost of living.
I urge all Singaporeans to use Cooling-Off day to reflect and then disepl the irrational notion that our votes can be traced.
If we don't vote wisely, to paraphrase MM Lee, "we have five years to live and repent".
Rally action- May 4
Celebrity or not, Chen Show Mao is simply brilliant. Looking forward to seeing him in Parliment.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Rally action- May 3
Low Thia Khiang successfully rebuts Lim Hwee Hua's baseless accusation that Hougang HUDC privatisation accounts are "messy".
Focus on the issues please...
Focus on the issues please...
Rally action- May 3
James Gomez unveiled "Healing with care"- SDP's "Shadow Health Plan".
Medisave, Medishield and Medifund ineffective.
Watch his speech... who says the opposition have no plans?
Medisave, Medishield and Medifund ineffective.
Watch his speech... who says the opposition have no plans?
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
938 Live plays jazz
I wrote an article on journalism previously.
The nauseating media coverage of the elections continue.
A check on Razor TV shows that all 20 of the latest videos are PAP related. Razor TV is an SPH website, Singapore's one and only newspaper company.
Today, Straits Times, an SPH publication, has adopted a different tactic to help the PAP- diversion.
There's no doubt that Bin laden's purported demise is world news. But to give this ten-year old story the first 7-8 pages of today's edition is a little overkill.
I think there were fewer pages devoted to GE2011 and you know whose stories they carried.
938 Live is even more baffling. We see that nearly every opposition rally draws 5000 or more people. Many on the ground are buzzing with excitement (for some fear) over the elections.
You would expect the country's only English news radio station, 938fm, to be jam packed with programs talking about voter issues.
Yet, all you get is the usual news round up on the hour and then 5 minutes worth of PAP candidate speeches and summaries and then.... jazz music!
Where are the political discourse, exchanges, unbiased commentaries etc?
This is probably one of the most important GEs in living memory and yet you play jazz music half the time?
I'd tune into 99.5 Lush if I wanted jazz music.
Shame...
The nauseating media coverage of the elections continue.
A check on Razor TV shows that all 20 of the latest videos are PAP related. Razor TV is an SPH website, Singapore's one and only newspaper company.
Today, Straits Times, an SPH publication, has adopted a different tactic to help the PAP- diversion.
There's no doubt that Bin laden's purported demise is world news. But to give this ten-year old story the first 7-8 pages of today's edition is a little overkill.
I think there were fewer pages devoted to GE2011 and you know whose stories they carried.
938 Live is even more baffling. We see that nearly every opposition rally draws 5000 or more people. Many on the ground are buzzing with excitement (for some fear) over the elections.
You would expect the country's only English news radio station, 938fm, to be jam packed with programs talking about voter issues.
Yet, all you get is the usual news round up on the hour and then 5 minutes worth of PAP candidate speeches and summaries and then.... jazz music!
Where are the political discourse, exchanges, unbiased commentaries etc?
This is probably one of the most important GEs in living memory and yet you play jazz music half the time?
I'd tune into 99.5 Lush if I wanted jazz music.
Shame...
Rally action- May 2
'I believe that the young are our future. They must be nurtured. And the old are responsible for all that we have today. They must honoured.'- Nicole Seah
Watch her excellent speech here.
Watch her excellent speech here.
Monday, 2 May 2011
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Dear journalists...
I stand corrected on one thing. Back in one of my earlier posts, I actually applauded the local media for trying to be more objective for this GE.
However, we have seen over the last couple of days a 100% about turn in the PAP controlled media.
It's back to the days of gutter journalism.
Stories are published to further the agenda of just one party. And yes, that also includes you too- Channel News Asia.
What is the role of journalists? I quote from Wikipedia:
.....and they are often expected to report in the most objective and unbiased way to serve the public good.
Singapore main stream media, you have failed your duty to provide objective and unbiased reports. You don't serve the public good by spreading untruth and distorting the words of the opposition.
But thanks to social media, your influence over voters is not what it was.
Case in point: "Is he SDP's loose cannon"- from the New Paper.
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4795-does-this-look-like-a-protest-march
I was there at Woodlands Stadium and Dr Chee behaved like an absolute gentlemen.
That is all...
However, we have seen over the last couple of days a 100% about turn in the PAP controlled media.
It's back to the days of gutter journalism.
Stories are published to further the agenda of just one party. And yes, that also includes you too- Channel News Asia.
What is the role of journalists? I quote from Wikipedia:
.....and they are often expected to report in the most objective and unbiased way to serve the public good.
Singapore main stream media, you have failed your duty to provide objective and unbiased reports. You don't serve the public good by spreading untruth and distorting the words of the opposition.
But thanks to social media, your influence over voters is not what it was.
Case in point: "Is he SDP's loose cannon"- from the New Paper.
http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4795-does-this-look-like-a-protest-march
I was there at Woodlands Stadium and Dr Chee behaved like an absolute gentlemen.
That is all...
Archbishop Nicholas Chia's Pastoral Letter for 2011 General Elections
Archbishop Nicholas Chia, leader of Singapore's 200,000 strong Catholics, has written a pastoral letter for GE 2011.
While he did not specifically mention sides, I'm drawing attention to two significant phrases.
"We must also ensure that the poor, the elderly and the marginalised in our society are cared for."
....
"Each one of us has a voice and can make a difference in the world in which we live through our choices in the election process."
To me, his message is clear. What do you think?
While he did not specifically mention sides, I'm drawing attention to two significant phrases.
"We must also ensure that the poor, the elderly and the marginalised in our society are cared for."
....
"Each one of us has a voice and can make a difference in the world in which we live through our choices in the election process."
To me, his message is clear. What do you think?
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