SM Goh: PAP to act like the opposition!
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Why do you think I'm waiting for LKY to die?Originally posted by charlize:Maybe next time in the near future, there will be a splinter group from the party made up of some MPs who don't see eye to eye with the main group.
That can be a possibility.
After he goes to hell, mee siam mai hum will not be able to ride on daddy's coat tails anymore and the silent group who kept silent only out of respect for the old man's past achievements will break away to oppose the man they feel never deserved to be a minister, much less PM. -
ever heard of "Good cop Bad cop"
DOH so obvious -
I have a bad feeling it's going to backfire for the PAP.
Truth is, it is my opinion that if a certain party intends to improve their ballot margins, they really should stop all this jibber jabber about what style of political kung fu they are using and get down to addressing the core issues.
I do not think the stick and carrot thing is working out, if one goes to the opposition wards one might discover as much as there is much talk about upgrading and funds and the like, there also exists this ethos among the citizens there that somehow they are but the last few who have a say in the way the country is run. In these areas notions like political freedom, free speech, personal responsibility probably hold more sway, and one only needs to look at the reaction in the opposition wards when it was announced that the ruling party has failed yet again, to take these places. There were people cheering in the coffee shops and it goes a long way to say about what they thought about the very attractive carrot.
I think the PAP is missing the point. I don't think the people of the opposition wards go for the opposition because they are good at pointing out mistakes or problems with the way the country is runÂ… but probably because, as grossly under equipped as they are to yet run a nation, they do hold more respect for other notions of freedom that are often swapped out for the "bread and butter". But I think that is one angle the PAP is leery of taking yet.