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GRC's Integrity of election process?

fivestars

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SINGAPORE: The integrity of the election process took centrestage during a two-hour forum on Sunday afternoon, organised by the People's Association Youth Movement.

The 200 youths who attended the forum traded views with a panel, which included Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean.

It was a no-holds-barred session, and the panel of four speakers weighed in on various issues, answering questions on election procedures.

A major part of the discussion was used to clarify concerns over the fairness of the voting process.

Some participants questioned the ability of civil servants to carry out their electoral duties in a non-partisan manner.

"I understand that the vote counters are the civil servants. So what is the process to appoint vote counters? So (what are) the checks done to ensure that they are politically neutral?" asked one youth.

The panel was quick to point out the integrity of voting procedures.

Deputy Principal Senior State Counsel from the Attorney-General's Chambers, Owi Beng Ki, stated that civil servants serve the president.

"Civil servants under the constitution hold their allegiance to the president. The symbolism that is attached to that is we actually serve at the pleasure of a politically neutral institution. It is one of the values of the civil service that we are politically impartial," said Ms Owi.

Mr Teo noted that the process itself is transparent, and available to scrutiny from all parties.

He said: "It's a process which is watched with eagle eyes by the candidates and by persons whom the candidates themselves appoint as counting agents. They're present in the counting centres, and they watch with eagle eyes, everything which goes on in the counting centres."

Another issue that drew much debate was the prime minister's right to redraw constituency boundaries.

Mr Teo said it was necessary to change boundary configurations from time to time to reflect population movement.

"The new family formation is something like 20,000 a year. And so these tend to move, and other people also move from one constituency to another. And in Singapore they tend to be quite clustered. So from time to time, there will be a necessity to change the boundary configurations," said Mr Teo.

Other questions from the participants dealt with the election procedures, ranging from why online voting is not allowed, to where overseas voting is conducted.

An interesting fact was also unearthed -- in the event a contested ward ends in a draw, the outcome of the vote comes down to drawing lots, or flipping a coin.

- 938LIVE/yt
 

Ramseth

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How did Braddell Heights being drawn into Marine Parade "reflect population changes"? How did Anson, Eunos and Cheng San disappearing "reflect population changes"?
 

scroobal

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Firstly Ow Beng Ki is trying to figure out why he was given this assignment.

Secondly Ow Beng Ki need to understand what is the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law.

Thirdly he should volunteer to take a lie detection test carried out by an independent person to determine if he feels that electoral re-drawing is impartial.

I bet you that he will refuse.

How did Braddell Heights being drawn into Marine Parade "reflect population changes"? How did Anson, Eunos and Cheng San disappearing "reflect population changes"?
 

uncleyap

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http://uncleyap.blogspot.com/2009/05/teo-chee-hean-must-answer-on-lie.html

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Teo Chee Hean MUST ANSWER on lie regarding Election System FRAUD









I hereby urge all Singaporeans to put Teo Chee Hean to answer on his lie regarding INTEGRITY of ELECTION SYSTEM, highlighting the very simple straightforward fact that since the death of Ong Chit Chung from Bukit Batok of Jurong GRC, all the voters of Bukit Batok are suffering from the lack of REPRESENTATION & VOTING RIGHTS in the parliament. There is no by election, nor can any proxy vote in the parliament on behalf of late Ong Chit Chung, the voters of Bukit Batok suffer this very serious constitutional rights deprivation until the next General Election.

Is this the kind of INTEGRITY of famiLEE LEEgime's ELECTION PROCESS?

I call this AN AUCACIOUS FRAUD in ELECTION PROCESS!

I challenge famiLEE LEEgime to sue me on this if you have guts!

I say that Teo Chee Hean is lying outright and insulting the intelligence of Singaporean people by claiming about Integrity of famiLEE LEEgime's foul GRC Election System. One that had Bukit Batok's voters represented by a dead man who can no longer cast vote for the constituents. The people of Bukit Batok Jurong GRC had been CHEATED of their constitutional rights and rights of representation in parliament. This is a very serious fraud, the victims are the constituents of ALL GRCs, when their MP died or resigned or disqualified for any reason their rights to be represented by an MP in the parliament BECOME NULL & VOID!

When any MP died or resigned in any country e.g. Malaysia, they will hold a by-election. This is NOT done in famiLEE LEEgime's GRC system, which is a clear fraud spelled out in the Parliamentary Election Act.



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Integrity of election process a hot topic during youth forum





<cite class="auth">Channel NewsAsia - Monday, May 18</cite>
SINGAPORE: The integrity of the election process took centrestage during a two—hour forum on Sunday afternoon, organised by the People’s Association Youth Movement.
The 200 youths who attended the forum traded views with a panel, which included Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean.
It was a no—holds—barred session, and the panel of four speakers weighed in on various issues, answering questions on election procedures.
A major part of the discussion was used to clarify concerns over the fairness of the voting process.
Some participants questioned the ability of civil servants to carry out their electoral duties in a non—partisan manner.
"I understand that the vote counters are the civil servants. So what is the process to appoint vote counters? So (what are) the checks done to ensure that they are politically neutral?" asked one youth.
The panel was quick to point out the integrity of voting procedures.
Deputy Principal Senior State Counsel from the Attorney—General’s Chambers, Owi Beng Ki, stated that civil servants serve the president.
"Civil servants under the constitution hold their allegiance to the president. The symbolism that is attached to that is we actually serve at the pleasure of a politically neutral institution. It is one of the values of the civil service that we are politically impartial," said Ms Owi.
Mr Teo noted that the process itself is transparent, and available to scrutiny from all parties.
He said: "It’s a process which is watched with eagle eyes by the candidates and by persons whom the candidates themselves appoint as counting agents. They’re present in the counting centres, and they watch with eagle eyes, everything which goes on in the counting centres."
Another issue that drew much debate was the prime minister’s right to redraw constituency boundaries.
Mr Teo said it was necessary to change boundary configurations from time to time to reflect population movement.
"The new family formation is something like 20,000 a year. And so these tend to move, and other people also move from one constituency to another. And in Singapore they tend to be quite clustered. So from time to time, there will be a necessity to change the boundary configurations," said Mr Teo.
Other questions from the participants dealt with the election procedures, ranging from why online voting is not allowed, to where overseas voting is conducted.
An interesting fact was also unearthed —— in the event a contested ward ends in a draw, the outcome of the vote comes down to drawing lots, or flipping a coin.
— 938LIVE/yt














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