PAP controls SAF,the civil service and the judiciary.That is why! ..
....if there is a freak result, within two or three years, the army would have to come in and stop it
PAP controls SAF,the civil service and the judiciary.That is why! ..
Sorry to be blunt. If you want to help, do the logistics stuff for the opposition. Leave the strategy, thinking etc to the more experienced and better informed lot.<.[/FONT]
Even if the oppositions gave up all seats and contested just LKY's GRC, they would probably still lose.
Boycotting elections is a last resort. people will say this is stupid and look what happened the last time, they did that. But now is 2009 not 1960s.It will look very bad on PAP in today era. If the peasants can understand why the oppositions do that? This is worth a try.
But do compete in a weak GRC ward.
Specific incidences don't alter the fundamental fact that the existing Parliamentary system allows for resignations and subsequent by elections.
If the rules don't suit the PAP, they can easily change them anyway so at the end of the day, voting out their leaders isn't going to make a scrap of difference.
Reminds me of the movie Valkyrie, where Tom Cruise's character warned those who wanted to kill Hitler that until you kill Hitler's closest allies, like Goebbels as well as Hitler himself, any assassination of Hitler only will fail.
Ironically when Cruise's character set the bomb, Goebbels was in Berlin, not at East Prussia, where Hitler was. He didn't take his own advice.
Similarly here: if you think that LKY's GRC just needs to be toppled and the PAP would collapse, then you're wrong- because LKY has many advisers and close allies in his party. LKY will still play the game- because of the fact he's still alive and kicking.
And besides if you wanna kick off the top leader, you better first kick out the closest advisers & allies to him. Once you neutralise the crowd around LKY, then can you single him out as a vulnerable target. Otherwise the crowd will just shield him from you and run you over as you chase after him.
You sound like one scroobal I come across.Speak in the same tongue.Sort of.
Errrr, me tok of LHL not LKY.
Look at facts. The last time crisis is SARS. The elections what happen? Goh votes shoot up to 80+%. This time also same strategy. Use crisis need stability mentality to lock sinkies into voting for pappies. Confirm more support one.
Than by that logic.Circular logic that is.
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<style></style>Boy Oh boy I would be dammed.
Than by that logic.Circular logic that is.So long as a party command two third majority in the parliament it can do as it mood moves eh ! The winner takes all situations.
So what gives?Why than have any election.Unless of course all political parties are hung.In dead lock.Is that a perfection of democracy to you?
Notwithstanding,you have largely ignored the thrust of argument.I argue defeat LHL.And you had defeated PAP.With or without PAP majority in our parliament.
LHL is not the leader. LKY is the leader. Its true that one has to take out LHL to take out LKY. But if you leave LKY alone and only take out LHL politically, then your plan has a very, very big loophole.
After all, doesn't everyone, including you, dear buddy, know clearly that LHL is merely the puppet on strings? Until LKY has passed on, LHL doesn't have much authority. LHL is only the target- if you want to put it in this manner- if LKY passes on. Until that happens, neutralising LHL and leaving LKY alone is a step towards failure.
Look at facts. The last time crisis is SARS. The elections what happen? Goh votes shoot up to 80+%. This time also same strategy. Use crisis need stability mentality to lock sinkies into voting for pappies. Confirm more support one.
<style></style>Boy Oh boy I would be dammed.
Than by that logic.Circular logic that is.So long as a party command two third majority in the parliament it can do as it mood moves eh ! The winner takes all situations.
So what gives?Why than have any election.Unless of course all political parties are hung.In dead lock.Is that a perfection of democracy to you?
Notwithstanding,you have largely ignored the thrust of argument.I argue defeat LHL.And you had defeated PAP.With or without PAP majority in our parliament.
Err, sorry to burst your hopes, but SG adopts a wesminster parliamentary system, that means if PAP wins more than 50% of votes they form govt & they are fit to choose the PM.
So now trick question is: Is it stated anywhere in consitution or election acts that the PM must be a MP? or the winning political party can pick someone with no seat in the parliament?