Just as the Malaysian elections have been imminent, Singapore's statute party, the People's Action Party (PAP) has suffered the intolerable detriment in the Punggol East by-election.
The decision by the PAP to reason the snap by-election, upon hindsight, might have backfired, The outcome has shown that almost all the pundits were wrong in meditative that it might be very hard for the obligatory to lose in the multi-cornered fight.
The contingent four-cornered quarrel in in between the PAP's Dr Koh Poh Koon, the successful colorectal surgeon in private practice, the Workers' Party's (WP) Lee Li Lian, the sales trainer, the Reform Party's Kenneth Jeyaratnam, the former hedge account manager as well as son of the a late renowned antithesis politician JB Jeyaratnam, as well as the Singapore Democratic Alliance's (SDA) Desmond Lim, was most debated amongst Singaporeans who called opposite the multi-cornered fight.
PAP's Dr Koh was an 'unknown' in the Singapore political stage until his candidacy was announced, that the little might understand as yet an additional reluctant elitist to be parachuted into Parliament during the last minute.
Why field the claimant who reported usually assimilated the PAP about the month ago? This might give the notice to the little electorate - is this the most appropriate that you can come up with?
The January 23, 2013Straits Timesreport 'Koh said 'no' to PM during first', substantially didn't assistance either. Apparently, the PAP claimant Dr Koh (right in photo) had declined to mount as the claimant when he was first invited by the PM.
Perhaps what this by-election outcome has shown is that history, as in the outcomes of past multi-cornered fights, need not necessary repeat itself.
This might be the ancestral landmark signifying larger democracy in Singapore, during least from the viewpoint of elections, as well as apropos some-more similar to alternative countries. The mindset retard that multi-cornered flights must be avoided during all costs might begin to diminish.
The high deposition of S$ 16,000 (RM39,360) as well as fear of losing one's deposition if the single does not get 12.5 percent of the votes, that arguably might have worked in the past to discourage some-more candidates, might right away be the double-edged long knife since as demonstrated by this by-election - the dual candidates who fought opposite all odds as well as lost their deposits, might have contributed to the unexpected far-reaching winning domain of the brand new MP for Punggol East, Lee of the Workers' Party.
'Underdog' effect?
Allow me to explain my logic for the above. Some electorate might have additionally felt along the same lines as most of the pundits that since it was viewed that the obligatory cannot lose in the multi-cornered fight, it wouldn't have most of the disproportion if they voted for what I call 'the underdog' effect.
So, you might have to thank all the antithesis parties as well as independents who, in the sense, contributed to the four-cornered quarrel as well as the snap election.
This might have extended the so called 'by-election' outcome further.
Also, considering the melancholy of the residents with various i! ssues si milar to public ride as well as amenities, the little might usually have voted for the Workers' Party, meditative that it might not have any disproportion to the obligatory PAP any way - as well as express one's melancholy by denying the PAP from winning with 'too many' votes.
Fielding the claimant who is so successful, reason so most appointments, etc, might have done the little electorate wonder as to how he could find the time to offer the residents?
In this connection, when Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that the PAP claimant has the intensity to strech larger heights in political office, this might mean that he might be even some-more busy, as well as to illustrate might have even less time for the residents.
Having the some-more competent as well as successful career-wise claimant might additionally reinforce the notice as to his time available to offer the residents, as well as to the little extent the 'David contra Goliath' as well as 'underdog' outcome too.
The unprecedented announcements of so most 'goodies' similar to the brand new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines in 2030 (17 years! from now! !) might have been somewhat of an 'overkill' that might give the little electorate the impression that 'goodies' galore usually come out before elections.
The delay of the approaching full release of the white paper upon race was primarily substantially not very significant, though maybe luck might have played the part with the analysis from the monetary institution that if the race grows to seven million, it might be great for Singapore - might additionally have contributed to the little melancholy amongst voters.
The outrageous liquid of foreigners in new years might arguably be the single of the m! ost pres sing concerns as well as cause of melancholy amongst Singaporeans. Singapore's race of 5.3 million, is done up of 1.47 million foreigners, 530,000 permanent residents as well as 3.3 million citizens, that equates to that 38 per cent have been not Singaporeans.
PAP-owned association 'AIM' issue?
The polls were hold amid the fight of words in in between the Workers' Party-run Aljunied-Hougang Town Council as well as the PAP-owned Action Information Management (AIM) about the locale councils' software stipulate that was sold by the PAP locale councils to AIM.
PM Lee had announced that the Ministry of National Development would examination the contract in in between the locale councils as well as AIM, though the emanate was approaching to get an airing in Parliament upon January 14, as the WP had filed the motion to discuss the issue. The WP afterwards withdrew the motion as the examination was in process.
Announcing the by-election usually the day after the decision to reason an internal examination upon the 'AIM' affair - AIM is the S$ 2 company, after the 'first time ever' detriment of the Group Representation Constituency (Aljunied GRC, that has 5 ! seats in ! Parliament) to the antithesis WP, might have given the notice to the little electorate that the supervision might be perplexing to get the by-election over with, before the review.
Some might feel that the review's commentary might have an adverse outcome if the by-election was hold after the review.
Also, the almost immediate reply from the coordinating chairperson of PAP Town Councils, Dr Teo Ho Pin, after in the night upon the same day (Jan 22) to Workers' Party chairperson Sylvia Lim's remarks about the AIM emanate in her by-election convene speech, that was in all viewed as the rsther than diseased response, substantially didn't assistance either.
The decision by the PAP to reason the snap by-election, upon hindsight, might have backfired, The outcome has shown that almost all the pundits were wrong in meditative that it might be very hard for the obligatory to lose in the multi-cornered fight.
The contingent four-cornered quarrel in in between the PAP's Dr Koh Poh Koon, the successful colorectal surgeon in private practice, the Workers' Party's (WP) Lee Li Lian, the sales trainer, the Reform Party's Kenneth Jeyaratnam, the former hedge account manager as well as son of the a late renowned antithesis politician JB Jeyaratnam, as well as the Singapore Democratic Alliance's (SDA) Desmond Lim, was most debated amongst Singaporeans who called opposite the multi-cornered fight.PAP's Dr Koh was an 'unknown' in the Singapore political stage until his candidacy was announced, that the little might understand as yet an additional reluctant elitist to be parachuted into Parliament during the last minute.
Why field the claimant who reported usually assimilated the PAP about the month ago? This might give the notice to the little electorate - is this the most appropriate that you can come up with?
The January 23, 2013Straits Timesreport 'Koh said 'no' to PM during first', substantially didn't assistance either. Apparently, the PAP claimant Dr Koh (right in photo) had declined to mount as the claimant when he was first invited by the PM.Perhaps what this by-election outcome has shown is that history, as in the outcomes of past multi-cornered fights, need not necessary repeat itself.
This might be the ancestral landmark signifying larger democracy in Singapore, during least from the viewpoint of elections, as well as apropos some-more similar to alternative countries. The mindset retard that multi-cornered flights must be avoided during all costs might begin to diminish.
The high deposition of S$ 16,000 (RM39,360) as well as fear of losing one's deposition if the single does not get 12.5 percent of the votes, that arguably might have worked in the past to discourage some-more candidates, might right away be the double-edged long knife since as demonstrated by this by-election - the dual candidates who fought opposite all odds as well as lost their deposits, might have contributed to the unexpected far-reaching winning domain of the brand new MP for Punggol East, Lee of the Workers' Party.
'Underdog' effect?
Allow me to explain my logic for the above. Some electorate might have additionally felt along the same lines as most of the pundits that since it was viewed that the obligatory cannot lose in the multi-cornered fight, it wouldn't have most of the disproportion if they voted for what I call 'the underdog' effect.
So, you might have to thank all the antithesis parties as well as independents who, in the sense, contributed to the four-cornered quarrel as well as the snap election.
This might have extended the so called 'by-election' outcome further.
Also, considering the melancholy of the residents with various i! ssues si milar to public ride as well as amenities, the little might usually have voted for the Workers' Party, meditative that it might not have any disproportion to the obligatory PAP any way - as well as express one's melancholy by denying the PAP from winning with 'too many' votes.
Fielding the claimant who is so successful, reason so most appointments, etc, might have done the little electorate wonder as to how he could find the time to offer the residents?
In this connection, when Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that the PAP claimant has the intensity to strech larger heights in political office, this might mean that he might be even some-more busy, as well as to illustrate might have even less time for the residents.
Having the some-more competent as well as successful career-wise claimant might additionally reinforce the notice as to his time available to offer the residents, as well as to the little extent the 'David contra Goliath' as well as 'underdog' outcome too.
The unprecedented announcements of so most 'goodies' similar to the brand new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines in 2030 (17 years! from now! !) might have been somewhat of an 'overkill' that might give the little electorate the impression that 'goodies' galore usually come out before elections.The delay of the approaching full release of the white paper upon race was primarily substantially not very significant, though maybe luck might have played the part with the analysis from the monetary institution that if the race grows to seven million, it might be great for Singapore - might additionally have contributed to the little melancholy amongst voters.
The outrageous liquid of foreigners in new years might arguably be the single of the m! ost pres sing concerns as well as cause of melancholy amongst Singaporeans. Singapore's race of 5.3 million, is done up of 1.47 million foreigners, 530,000 permanent residents as well as 3.3 million citizens, that equates to that 38 per cent have been not Singaporeans.
PAP-owned association 'AIM' issue?
The polls were hold amid the fight of words in in between the Workers' Party-run Aljunied-Hougang Town Council as well as the PAP-owned Action Information Management (AIM) about the locale councils' software stipulate that was sold by the PAP locale councils to AIM.
PM Lee had announced that the Ministry of National Development would examination the contract in in between the locale councils as well as AIM, though the emanate was approaching to get an airing in Parliament upon January 14, as the WP had filed the motion to discuss the issue. The WP afterwards withdrew the motion as the examination was in process.
Announcing the by-election usually the day after the decision to reason an internal examination upon the 'AIM' affair - AIM is the S$ 2 company, after the 'first time ever' detriment of the Group Representation Constituency (Aljunied GRC, that has 5 ! seats in ! Parliament) to the antithesis WP, might have given the notice to the little electorate that the supervision might be perplexing to get the by-election over with, before the review.
Some might feel that the review's commentary might have an adverse outcome if the by-election was hold after the review.
Also, the almost immediate reply from the coordinating chairperson of PAP Town Councils, Dr Teo Ho Pin, after in the night upon the same day (Jan 22) to Workers' Party chairperson Sylvia Lim's remarks about the AIM emanate in her by-election convene speech, that was in all viewed as the rsther than diseased response, substantially didn't assistance either.
LEONG SZE HIAN is the Malaysian formed in Singapore.
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