Alamak, they move the goalposts again!

The intent to tweak the GRCs and NCMPs by the powerful may be old news but it's worth reflecting upon.

They belittle the opposition.
They bankrupt the opposition.
They treat the opposition with ridicule and contempt.
They insulted and laughed at the academic achievement of Opposition Member, Mr Chiam See Tong. [link] The man who did Singapore proud by challenging the PAP to release the alleged conspirators of the 'Marxist Conspiracy'. [link]

I believe the 'Marxist Conspiracy' was indeed a conspiracy but, not by or of the Marxist kind! It was of and for the ruling kind!

Now the joke is they want more! Another joke on Singapore & Singaporeans?

Minimum of 9 Opposition members in Parliament?

While they change as they like, are they doing it for their own benefit or the benefit of Singapore and its people?

Is this another "fix opposition, buy votes" strategy of the Kiasu, Kiasi, Kialaukwee Party?

As much I am delighted by the suggestion from Mr Chiam See Tong of having a maximum of only 2 members in any GRC, I still feel that the political GRC rape in 1988 makes a mockery of democracy - not unlike paying ministers millions makes a mockery of national service and nation building.

The previous upsizing a 3-member GRC to 6-member makes the logic of minority representation in parliament a very sordid joke indeed.

Have we forgotten politicians like Mr David Marshall, Mr J B Jeyaratnam, Mr Othman Wok, Mr E W Barker, Mr Rajaratnam and others who stood on their own without feeling disadvantaged because of the colour of their skin or the root of their ancestry?

I'm surprised that Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said this to Mr Low: 'You have been in politics longer than me and I think, heart to heart, you will know there will always be an inherent disadvantage for minority candidates. I'm just asking you to say why take risk of creating a system where you can end up with an unrepresentative House as far as race is concerned?'.

"Heart to heart", I think the "unrepresentative House" refers more to the "unrepresented poor" than the "unrepresented race".

Is Vivian Balakrishnan a lesser politician than J B Jeyaratnam, David Marshall, S Rajaratnam, E W Barker or Othman Wok?

It is unbecoming to judge people by the race and not character. To think that people put more value on the colour of a man than his quality as a political candidate is to be blind to what happened to USA and Mr Barack Obama.

Or are Singaporean more racist than American?

I don't think so.

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