what are the difference between SDP members, supporters and sympathisers?

another confusing and ambiguous feature is occurring too often in SDP. when they claim that their "membership" is enlarging, they already confused many.

note: it's not sdp members they are really boasting about but brain-washed "supporters", i.e. cheapskate clowns who are just too stingy to pay membership to be fully confirmed as "member".

what is the logic behind this "members" and "supporters" thingy? members MUST PAY fees; supporters don't have to. if that's the case, why must the peasants be conned into donating their hard-earned money?

some are not even members or supporters. some could be just "sympathisers" or feeling sorry for the pathetic clowns no different from beggars asking for alms.:oIo:

so what are u? sdp members, supporters or sympathisers?

me neither. i m a persistent sdp basher. any chilvarous true blue singaporean should do the same knowing what's the hidden motive those sdp clowns are driving at - to create unrest and upheavals to our peaceful society.

why can't u answer the simple question and state your claim whether u r a sdp member, supporter sympathiser?

predictable. u r neither too. u r but just a coward and a loser clone!

for those who dare not even to voice out their stance but act as though they are holding some vital cec position in SDP, what is the meaning of this? it's not even democratic. it's just a very confusing scenario that many are not even aware of.

but when u realise that those clowns/clownlets unwittingly blurted: "BUT I M STILL PARTYLESS"....when speaking on behalf of SDP, isn't that very misleading? can those words be taken off text as representation from SDP?

if u cannot accept it since the spokeperson claims to be "partyless", then what the hell is SDP? who really are the real representative when more babblings are cuming out from "partyless" trolls?

confusing, isn't it? and if these people were to run your ward in this manner, there would be more confusion which leads to unsolicited sufferings and insecuirty for the society.

it shows that chee soon juan is totally lame and impotent to even straighten out such miniscule matter. to think he could run a ward...may god bless the peasants!

Judge acquits five SDP leaders and activists
By Ong Dai Lin, TODAY | Posted: 07 October 2009 0703 hrs

Photos 1 of 1

Singapore Democratic Party's logo





SINGAPORE: They have been hauled to court many times for staging protests and other activities in public, with a guilty verdict the regular outcome.

On Tuesday, however, a group of Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leaders and activists were acquitted of holding a procession without a permit.

On Sept 16, 2007, five of them had marched from Speakers' Corner to Queenstown Remand Prison to mark the first anniversary of a protest led by SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund meetings in 2006.

The group, comprising SDP chairman Gandhi Ambalam, assistant secretary-general John Tan, central executive committee member Chee Siok Chin, SDP supporter Yap Keng Ho and human rights activist Chong Kai Xiong, also wore white T-shirts with the words "Democracy Now" and "Freedom Now".

In his written judgment, District Judge John Ng noted that the group had walked mainly on pedestrian pathways and did not attract "any significant" attention of the public.

They also did not carry any of the usual equipment associated with a protest, such as placards or banners, and the walk did not disrupt pedestrian flow.

The judge said: "It was a group of people walking purposefully in a public place from one point to another, but on this occasion, it never amounted to a procession."

He added that there has to be a distinction drawn between "walking in a group from one point to another, even if it was to commemorate an event, and being part of a procession".

When contacted, Institute of Policy Studies senior research fellow Gillian Koh told MediaCorp: "The judgment suggests at face value that there are political activities that seem to be acceptable which we never thought would be allowed."

She said that political activists should look at the previous cases and the specifics of the judgment, and "they would want to be cautious in staging political activities in order to avoid running afoul of various laws".

The five SDP leaders and activists had been charged for participating in a procession without a valid permit. Each of them could have been fined up to S$1,000 if convicted.

and now there is another new category who are not SDP MEMBER but "human rights activist".

this brings us to the next question. human rights activists, are they on its neutral position or representing a political party such as SDP? if they do represent a political party, why then aren't they subscribed themselves as "MEMBERS"? what's the logic behind ths for not bold enough to enrol as "MEMBERS"?

yet, the SDP is claiming that their "membership is growing from strength to strength". isn't this confusing the peasants and putting up a fake picture about their real supports? confusing enough or not?

wow! so free huh?

aren't u very busy giving me loving INFRACTIONS.

BryanT - SDP's sad or happy day? Tue 06 Oct 2009 6:45 PM SDP members and supporters won't know whether to laugh or cry over this acquittal.

Obviously, SDP should be euphoric that the acquittal vindicates what they have done in Sep 07. They could also rejoice that the judge has been amicable enough to interpret the law in their favour.

But I would like to remind SDP that it was let off on what seems like a technicality - the lack of a clear legal definition of "progression". Hence the judge has had to rely on a “natural and ordinary” meaning of the word.

SDP should note that this oversight (ie. lack of definition) can be easily corrected by parliament in future, although personally I think we should let it be, besides the fact it would make the government seem retributive to make the amendment at this stage.

On the other hand, SDP has reasons to be sad because the acquittal DEBUNKS their long-held and oft-repeated insinuation that the judiciary is at the beck-and-call of the ruling party. Here was a case whereby the judge has given SDP the benefit of doubt with regards to the law.

Based on its mindset, whenever judgments were proffered that were not favourable to the SDP, it would make accusations of judges being biased and beholden to the government. This mindset is embodied recent accusations made by its supporters of the type as follows:

- Shame on those lap dogs - the judges, ministers, technocrats, etc who are so educated yet have to suck up to one old
peesai miserable man.

- the ruling party has used the whole civil system like the police, army, media and justice to perpetrate the manipulation and suppression on the people

- Everyone knows kangaroos run our courts!

Now that a judge has shown clear and balanced legal mind to acquit these SDP members, the party and its supporter can no longer lay claims to persistent legal suppression. SDP can no longer deliberately breach laws and then attribute their incarceration to miscarriage of justice.

A principled judiciary is not helpful to SDP's cause since it has essentially lost one of its raison d'être to overhaul the Singapore system.

I know a sparrow does not summer make, but overall it's a sad autumn day for SDP.

as usual, sdp hopes for the worst to have happened to them. but when something really nice happen to them, they are confused and depressed.

the sadistic nature of SDP clowns. what's good for us is definitely bad for them. what's good for them is even worst! it's badder for SDP!

they do not even dare admit whether they are "supporters". they called themselves "PARTYLESS". alamak! st james and zouk are still around. who's stoppng them from partying?!!

http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?t=35678

do u think those nasty clones are SDP members?

well, if they were really SDP members, perhaps chee soon juan should start to worry.

they are such a nuisance and a disgrace! such embarrassment if sdp members display such brattish behaviour.

leetahbar said:

they are such a nuisance and a disgrace!

Click to expand...

leetahbar said:

do u think those nasty clones are SDP members?

Click to expand...