At root, a government which is so ensconced in its ivory tower that it no longer can hear what the people are saying, until the problem stares it in the face – and then it starts running after the problems, the same problems which it created by its faulty and ill-conceived policies. And this is again indeed what the PAP Government has been doing since 2011 – running after problems it created, with no time for new ideas, new imaginations, new creativity. It is the same old same old – from trying to curb freedom of speech online, to defamation suits, to leaving the door wide to foreigners, to erasing places of memories. In conclusion, as Elaine Ee wrote in January 2013: “For those of us who have chosen or who have no choice but to stay, we need to continue to build real alternatives to the PAP and stop viewing them as the only party that can ever govern Singapore.” This is crucial because, yes, the PAP will lose power one day. It is our responsibility as Singaporeans to install in the system checks and balances as safeguards for ourselves. And such safeguards cannot come from the PAP itself. It must and can only come from others outside of it.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:29:35 +0000
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