I think some of you might be struggling to separate the usual sexapades from what is now appearing to be predatory behaviour. You can bed as many women and men as you like while holding public office and you might not cross the morality threshold. You have an affair or commit adultery and it is usually taken as a minor indiscretion and you probably have a blot in your popularity and electability score. More conservative society is, higher the score. With Singaore and our sino culture having a mistress and conducting the affair discreetly is rather the norm in the past and unlikely to register significantly.
In fact adultery and cheonging is there in PAP, and the estblsihment so lets not kid ourselves. I only revealed that I am aware of where they have abused their position or did something dishonourable arising from the affair. I am sure all parties would have their share of this events.
So why is YSL suddenly so different? This is not GMS and his weird tactical approach of seeking public forgiveness which to me made no sense except that it was payback agenda over contesting seats and threats made by YSL over Tampines.
I was disturbed to find out that the woman involved were involved in party work and they had at least some sort of subordinate role to him and required to support him. They were his party counting agent, translator etc. Clearly in my mind, this is abusing a position of trust and predatory behaviour. There is also the element of boldness involved.
If he was screwing the neighbourhood hairdresser, the provision shop aunty and even the PAP Kindergarten teacher in Tanjong Pagar and not in Hougang, it will probably tarnish his and the party image and they would likely suffer in the polls. But there is no abuse of position. The party leadership can only be faulted for poor tactics and failing to read the ground.
This on the other hand is involves abuse of position and trust. And he was doing it to married woman and sadly even his neighbour has been pulled into this. Note the comments by the PRC translator who said she wanted to prove herself.
It now making more sense the "expulsion" from CEC.
WP cannot be asking for accountability and transparency in Parliament with this hanging over their head. For CSM in particular who took the slippery road of morality wrapping around good governance has now egg on WP face. Obviously this theme can no longer apply. For WP this is even worse as they are not known for their focus on policy and have relied too heavily on moral conduct and social issues.
Lets see where this goes.