The Opposition Party in Singapore

• SGLoyalist

  1 Aug 05, 01:46

  I think someone ought to set his criticism direction and know where others are coming from, unlike a blind horse, before he calls me a frog in the well.
  
  I have no doubts that any opposition party's manifesto has room for improvement.
  
  However, this is different from:
  
  1) Claiming the opposition does not have a good manifesto when he cannot point out what is good about the PAP manifesto. And had to bring in a manifesto from another foreign country.
  
  2) Claiming that statistics make a good manifesto when there are hardly any in the PAP manifesto.
  
  3) When opposition have statistics in the manifesto, he claims they are not good enough because they do not contain ideas on how to achieve them.
  
  4) When there are ideas, he claims they have to turn the ideas in action without a mandate.
  
  5) Questioning others if they represented opposition parties when he looks like he is obviously representing the PAP.
  
  When one says the opposition is "not credible", who is he benchmarking "credibility" with? The PAP of course, correct? Is it relevant to compare the opposition's "credibility" with a a foreign party? After all, I do not think the British Conservatives are going to field candidates in Singapore
  
  I think someone is very much the same as what he is accusing opposition of - opposing for the sake of opposing
  
  Regards
• AF2005

  1 Aug 05, 02:28

  tThis GE will be tough for PAP. the next election will be different. opposition has new bloods that think very rational in how to sell to people. not like sdp chee.
  
  They think and work like PAP style. and what the people need.
  
  it will be dangerous for PAP if opposition talk the same tone and agenda as PAP in election.
  
  it will be like can choose PAP or WP as both candidates think the same for their ward. the old timers also do the opposite of PAP regardles how idiot the speech is.
  
  so people will just choose base on want to have someone different. They just want different face.
  
  if they lose 3 seats means they have perform badly.
• LazerLordz

  1 Aug 05, 03:48

  Push in new blood and introduce alternatives into Parliament.Singapore needs all the ideas it can garner and not be restricted into a straitjacket of thoughts.We are too good for them.
• gorby107

  2 Aug 05, 20:43

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  Push in new blood and introduce alternatives into Parliament.Singapore needs all the ideas it can garner and not be restricted into a straitjacket of thoughts.We are too good for them.

  How about asking the teenagers to participate in the parliament session to speak up on their views????