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March 12, 2010 by admin01
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http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/03/12/glc-employee-al-voting-is-not-the-only-solution/
When voting comes.. When voting comes..”
A familiar quote we hear from most Singaporeans which shows that people are not pleased with the current government. It shows that they want change and that they understand they have the right to vote the PAP out. In the last election in 2006, 33% of Singaporeans voted for the opposition in contested areas. In a way, that is a good sign because we know that with 18% more on our side we can kick the PAP out.
I feel that we need to take a closer look at the situation. The GRC system on which the elections are based on is a fail-safe way to ensure victory for the ruling party. The press AKA mouthpiece of the PAP, glorifies them and says almost nothing positive of the opposition. Being the political coward that it is, the PAP has removed all its strong oppositions in any way possible. Being in control of the elections department, it can call for elections as and when it wishes. It also gains the upper hand by, in PM Lee Hsien Loong’s own words, “Fixing the opposition and Buying votes”.
Each vote has a serial number pegged to our IC numbers, which can only be seen as a fear tactic in a country like Singapore. This clearly shows that they can find out who you vote for very easily, and is yet another fear tactic. Citizens who hold jobs in the government, or government affiliated and/or invested companies are afraid to vote against the PAP as they have this almost sure opinon that their bonuses or jobs will be affected.
I’ve spoken to someone who works in the army as a regular and he said, “We must vote for the PAP. We are government servants, and if we don’t vote for them our performance grading will be affected.” And when I asked him in return about the future of the rest of the people, he said, “Don’t have time to worry about other people, we get good pay and good life can already. Why I want to spoil my own rice bowl, thinking about the rest?”
For all you know, the majority of votes the PAP gets is because of people like him. Pathetic and selfish sheep who are not only queuing up to get slaughtered, but dragging us along with them as well. Now, I’m not using this guy to stereotype everyone else, but I’ve personally met many more civil servants with mindsets like his.
We do have the chance to make a change during the elections, but that is not the only battle. The problem is bigger than just the government. The problem is staring at us in the mirror.
We need to educate our less politically-aware families and friends, not by giving daily lectures, but bit by bit, through casual talk. In my opinion, the older generation are a bit too “kiasee” and the fear tactics work really well on them. Its the younger generation that doesn’t buy the government’s bullshit that easily.
In a country like ours where all the mainstream media is controlled by the government, alternative information is the key to opening minds. We should start by educating a few friends and convince them to influence their families. We should also talk to our colleagues at work and forward thought provoking articles to them.
Think about it, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of critical articles on websites like Temasek Review that we read and comment on, but how many of our own friends and families have read them? We’ve got to do our part to get this information to them, and let’s start with short and easily digestable articles.
It’s always the small things we do that make a big difference in the end. Let’s start this small campaign of talking about issues we read about over the dinner table, forward links of TR articles to our social circles. Over time, let’s see if we can band together and do something bigger.
Till then, the dreaded daily grind of work and life continues. And AL will continue writing and sharing.
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March 12, 2010 by admin01
Filed under Opinion
Leave a comment
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/03/12/glc-employee-al-voting-is-not-the-only-solution/
When voting comes.. When voting comes..”
A familiar quote we hear from most Singaporeans which shows that people are not pleased with the current government. It shows that they want change and that they understand they have the right to vote the PAP out. In the last election in 2006, 33% of Singaporeans voted for the opposition in contested areas. In a way, that is a good sign because we know that with 18% more on our side we can kick the PAP out.
I feel that we need to take a closer look at the situation. The GRC system on which the elections are based on is a fail-safe way to ensure victory for the ruling party. The press AKA mouthpiece of the PAP, glorifies them and says almost nothing positive of the opposition. Being the political coward that it is, the PAP has removed all its strong oppositions in any way possible. Being in control of the elections department, it can call for elections as and when it wishes. It also gains the upper hand by, in PM Lee Hsien Loong’s own words, “Fixing the opposition and Buying votes”.
Each vote has a serial number pegged to our IC numbers, which can only be seen as a fear tactic in a country like Singapore. This clearly shows that they can find out who you vote for very easily, and is yet another fear tactic. Citizens who hold jobs in the government, or government affiliated and/or invested companies are afraid to vote against the PAP as they have this almost sure opinon that their bonuses or jobs will be affected.
I’ve spoken to someone who works in the army as a regular and he said, “We must vote for the PAP. We are government servants, and if we don’t vote for them our performance grading will be affected.” And when I asked him in return about the future of the rest of the people, he said, “Don’t have time to worry about other people, we get good pay and good life can already. Why I want to spoil my own rice bowl, thinking about the rest?”
For all you know, the majority of votes the PAP gets is because of people like him. Pathetic and selfish sheep who are not only queuing up to get slaughtered, but dragging us along with them as well. Now, I’m not using this guy to stereotype everyone else, but I’ve personally met many more civil servants with mindsets like his.
We do have the chance to make a change during the elections, but that is not the only battle. The problem is bigger than just the government. The problem is staring at us in the mirror.
We need to educate our less politically-aware families and friends, not by giving daily lectures, but bit by bit, through casual talk. In my opinion, the older generation are a bit too “kiasee” and the fear tactics work really well on them. Its the younger generation that doesn’t buy the government’s bullshit that easily.
In a country like ours where all the mainstream media is controlled by the government, alternative information is the key to opening minds. We should start by educating a few friends and convince them to influence their families. We should also talk to our colleagues at work and forward thought provoking articles to them.
Think about it, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of critical articles on websites like Temasek Review that we read and comment on, but how many of our own friends and families have read them? We’ve got to do our part to get this information to them, and let’s start with short and easily digestable articles.
It’s always the small things we do that make a big difference in the end. Let’s start this small campaign of talking about issues we read about over the dinner table, forward links of TR articles to our social circles. Over time, let’s see if we can band together and do something bigger.
Till then, the dreaded daily grind of work and life continues. And AL will continue writing and sharing.
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