OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong on Wednesday called for the current Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system to be abolished.
If this cannot be done away with, then it should be modified from the present five to six members to two, comprising an ethnic and a Chinese members, he said.
He also suggested that the the two-member GRC be limited to 20.
Speaking in Parliament during the debate on the President's address, Mr Chiam, MP for Potong Pasir, said: 'Bigger GRCs are not needed because two-member GRCs can produce the optimum number of minority race MPs, while maximising meritocracy in the Singapore electoral system.'
He also called for a freer media 'where more news of the opposition is allowed', including the activities of the two incumbent opposition MPs.
'The views of the opposition must be heard by the public. This is in line with the changed world,' he said, pointing to America which has elected the first black African-American as its President.
Mr Chiam also said Singapore must 'take concerted efforts to embrace Malaysia.'
Explaining, he said: 'We must aim to have an economic union with Malaysia. With a total population of about 27 million between the two countries, we can build an internal market of our own. This, to a certain extent, would enable us to fight protectionism.'
If this cannot be done away with, then it should be modified from the present five to six members to two, comprising an ethnic and a Chinese members, he said.
He also suggested that the the two-member GRC be limited to 20.
Speaking in Parliament during the debate on the President's address, Mr Chiam, MP for Potong Pasir, said: 'Bigger GRCs are not needed because two-member GRCs can produce the optimum number of minority race MPs, while maximising meritocracy in the Singapore electoral system.'
He also called for a freer media 'where more news of the opposition is allowed', including the activities of the two incumbent opposition MPs.
'The views of the opposition must be heard by the public. This is in line with the changed world,' he said, pointing to America which has elected the first black African-American as its President.
Mr Chiam also said Singapore must 'take concerted efforts to embrace Malaysia.'
Explaining, he said: 'We must aim to have an economic union with Malaysia. With a total population of about 27 million between the two countries, we can build an internal market of our own. This, to a certain extent, would enable us to fight protectionism.'
