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Tan Jee Say – A Poignant Letter To Tony Tan
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To get maximum political mileage out of this, TJS should have made use of his contacts in the UK to publicise this issue in the newspapers and other media in London a few days before TT's visit.
Do you think this thingey about CY Leung's receiving monies from an Australian company is not known well before hand? His political enemies were holding it in reserve, seeing how he behaves when in office and then choosing the best time and method to expose it.
Using an Australian newspaper to expose it and then local papers simply report that a foreign paper had said so and so. Sue in Australia harder than in HK.
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Again, you missed the point. The president doesn't need the power to 'change' anything. He just needs to speak up and criticize the govt.
Disagree. Deny TT victory, the PAP suffers a temporary blow, and soon it's biz as usual as TCB goes about his ceremonial role.
On the other hand, a people's president (TJS) criticizing the ruling govt throughout his term in office – that will send strong signals locally and abroad that the govt has lost its mandate with the people. That is strong perception.
Imagine the Queen speaking up against Cameron. Or the Thai King against the PM. An elected prez will have as strong an impact, if not stronger.
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That the PAP even allowed Tan Jee Say to stand for election shows how much they feared Tony Tan not winning. Tan Jee Say came into the picture late. He is nearly 100 percent responsible for Tony Tan becoming president. He knew what he was doing. I will not forgive him for that. Short hylams are cunning, like marborok tan.
Saying that Tan Cheng bock would become just a ceremonial president is pure speculation.
My biggest fear is that he'll pull the same tricks on WP in upcoming general elections.
It sound very good but such an idea isn't practical and realistic .
If this is what the electorate wants, csj would have been our pm long ago.
Forget about confrontational style, it doesn't has any electorate appeal and any candidate who campaign along this line will unlikely win. In fact TJS confrontational style is the reason why there is a split in the 40% camp. Had TJS moderate his stance and strategy, the 40% could remain largely intact and he jolly well emerge the victor.
That's your opinion. People close to TCB know that he's a diehard PAP stalwart though not a yes-man. He'll be a competent figurehead prez, but no different from TT or Nathan.
By the way, TCB has just started his walkabouts for the next PE.
To the 35% still harbouring illusions that TCB has swung over to the oppo camp, it's time to disabuse yourself. TCB will forever be a PAP man.
This confirms what I said above: he just wants to be President.
The supreme irony is that at the next PE he might well be the PAP's sponsored candidate.
http://www.tanjeesay.com/
Japan’s major daily newspaper interviewed me on the future of Singapore’s politics
Mr Junichi Fukasawa, Editor of South East Asia for The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s major daily newspaper with 10 million copies sold daily, interviewed me on Friday 30 Dec 2011. He wanted to talk about the state of democracy in Singapore and the growing sense of citizens for democracy as it was felt that the general and presidential elections this year have demonstrated the wishes of a large segment of the electorate for change; he wanted to know the reasons for Singaporeans’ unhappiness with the government. I explained how the economic and social policies of the government have divided the nation and caused great distress to ordinary citizens who have now openly expressed how they feel. He asked what this would lead to in the future. I told them the voters have shown their sentiments against single party dominance and preference for diversity in the same way that the Japanese have rejected the dominance of the LDP in favour of diversity of political parties.The day may come when Singaporeans welcome a coalition government like more than 75 other countries in the world today.
Japan’s major daily newspaper interviewed me on the future of Singapore’s politics
Mr Junichi Fukasawa, Editor of South East Asia for The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s major daily newspaper with 10 million copies sold daily, interviewed me on Friday 30 Dec 2011. He wanted to talk about the state of democracy in Singapore and the growing sense of citizens for democracy as it was felt that the general and presidential elections this year have demonstrated the wishes of a large segment of the electorate for change; he wanted to know the reasons for Singaporeans’ unhappiness with the government. I explained how the economic and social policies of the government have divided the nation and caused great distress to ordinary citizens who have now openly expressed how they feel. He asked what this would lead to in the future. I told them the voters have shown their sentiments against single party dominance and preference for diversity in the same way that the Japanese have rejected the dominance of the LDP in favour of diversity of political parties.The day may come when Singaporeans welcome a coalition government like more than 75 other countries in the world today.
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