In a reply to writer Catherine Lim’s question during a recent dialogue session on whether he will really send in the army in the event of a “freak election”, MM Lee Kuan Yew said:
“You look at our record and the moves we’ve made. Let me put it simply like this. First, we maintain a system which gives any opposition the opportunity to displace us peacefully. We allow the system: we’ve not interfered with the civil service, the judiciary, parliamentary procedures, the police and so on.”
[Source: Straits Times 3 September 2009]
The fact remains that under PAP rule, no opposition party had ever won enough seats in Parliament to even deny them their customary two-third majority for the last 50 years.
Singapore was transformed from a vibrant democracy in the 1950s to a one-party authoritarian state under MM Lee’s leadership.
Not only has the PAP interfered in the civil service, police, civil society and mass media, it has dominated them to the extent that these institutions are now highly politicized to serve the vested interests of the ruling party covertly and overtly.
Let us highlight the instances of PAP’s interference in these institutions with the exception of the judiciary:
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“You look at our record and the moves we’ve made. Let me put it simply like this. First, we maintain a system which gives any opposition the opportunity to displace us peacefully. We allow the system: we’ve not interfered with the civil service, the judiciary, parliamentary procedures, the police and so on.”
[Source: Straits Times 3 September 2009]
The fact remains that under PAP rule, no opposition party had ever won enough seats in Parliament to even deny them their customary two-third majority for the last 50 years.
Singapore was transformed from a vibrant democracy in the 1950s to a one-party authoritarian state under MM Lee’s leadership.
Not only has the PAP interfered in the civil service, police, civil society and mass media, it has dominated them to the extent that these institutions are now highly politicized to serve the vested interests of the ruling party covertly and overtly.
Let us highlight the instances of PAP’s interference in these institutions with the exception of the judiciary:
Read rest of article here:
http://temasekreview.com/?p=12914
