This is Nigel Tan's (Satay Club editor) take on the issue
http://satayclub.net/2011/04/balakrishnan-punches-below-the-belt/
(Quoted from article)
Dr Balakrishnan’s allegations are a low blow because he knows that the right-wing Christian lobby is growing in strength and influence, particularly in the largely affluent and upper-middle class Holland-Bukit Timah area. Many of them will be alarmed by news of a candidate’s alleged intention to campaign vigorously for gay rights, something that Dr Wijeysingha has not done.
The SDP team in Holland-Bukit Timah – comprising Dr Wijeysingha, Mr Tan Jee Say, Dr Ang Yong Guan and Ms Michelle Lee – was described as being one of the strongest opposition GRC teams, whereas Dr Balakrishnan, on the other hand, is under strong pressure following his bungling of the Youth Olympic Games, which ran three times over-budget.
Dr Balakrishnan’s next move is likely to be to attempt to sow discord between Dr Wijeysingha and his teammates Mr Tan and Dr Ang – who are both known to be staunch Christians. Mr Tan, a former senior aide to Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, has indicated that he joined the opposition because he felt that the PAP has “lost its moral compass”, singling out the decision to build two casinos as being particularly disappointing.
On Sunday, Dr Balakrishnan accused Mr Tan of “not doing his due diligence” before joining the SDP, saying that the Holland-Bukit Timah team was made up of “strange bedfellows”. Now, he is likely to put Mr Tan on the spot – either he denounces Dr Wijeysingha or risks being seen as hypocritical by the large body of evangelical Christian voters residing within the constituency.
In one fell swoop, Dr Balakrishnan has managed to turn the spotlight onto his opponents, while obfuscating the very real issues that Dr Wijeysingha and Mr Tan have raised about the economy. If the events of elections past are to serve as any guide, the PAP will be making Dr Wijeysingha the lightning rod throughout the entire campaign period, with aspersions being cast about his integrity, his motives and his “hidden agenda” on a daily basis and being repeated ad nauseaum in the state-controlled mainstream media.
No one even knew about the video before Dr Balakrishnan brought it up, but unfortunately it will now distract vast sections of the electorate from the national debates on immigration, the cost of living and the economy – debates that by most accounts, the PAP is losing.