Serious Brothel Press: Boost or Blow for SDP?

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Its a double edged sword for the opposition. They must convince voters that they are capable on the estate front, but they can't even remotely compete with the PAP in terms of dishing out carrots and upgrading. The voters also know that oppo parties simply don't have access to govt stat boards and direct line with which they can push programmes through without hindrance. So the opposition need to focus on national issues. The PAP will always want to localize issues as they can't address many questions concerning national policies.

In trying to match pap on every front, sdp was falling into the hole prepared for them. They were not playing to their strengths when come to national issues but instead discredited themselves by over promising on carrots when comes to local issues. This is where pap has the absolute advantage and sdp opt to go head on with them. It only made the disparity even obvious.

No party including pap can't please everyone. Sdp needs to know which voting blocs they are courting and which group of voters is out of their reach and shouldn't even attempt to woo.

election is always fought by presenting the voters with a trade off. Either the voters want a kampong chief who can run the estate well with all the goodies but remain a yes man in parliament or elect a voice to speak up for them in parliament at the same time assured voters all municipal issues will be well taken care.

Sdp attempt to the best of everything I.e to run a 'first class TC' with all the 'carrots' and at the same time present them as the only 'effective opposition' here is not only impractical but hardly giving themselves any room to maneuver in the unlikely event csj is elected.

 

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Just conducted a press conference regarding Mr Chiam See Tong's departure from SDP.
For as long as I've been in politics, the PAP has been using the issue to, in Mr Goh Chok Tong's own words, "destroy" me.
It happened, most recently, in GE2015 and again in BE2016.
Today, this stops.
The PAP must not be allowed to continue with its propaganda.
Please help me to share this and other related, upcoming posts.
Thank you.






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Singapore Democrats

1988: Chiam See Tong: "To me, the problems started in 1988, when Wong Hong Toy and about 15 other Workers' Party members joined the party...there was backbiting and other problems..." Chee Soon Juan joined SDP only in 1992.

1992 (Dec): Chee joins SDP and stands in the Marine Parade by-election.

1993 (May): Chiam resigns as SDP Sec-Gen when CEC doesn't support him over Chee's hunger strike. CEC persuades him to stay.

1993 (Jun): CEC announces Chiam's resignation only one month later after failing to persuade him to stay on as Sec-Gen.

1993 (July): Chiam speaks at Singapore Press Club (SPC) and runs down SDP leadership despite him and other CEC members signing an oath and a deed to "prevent high-ranking (SDP) officials from disparaging the party." CEC keeps silent about Chiam's SPC provocation.

1993 (Aug): CEC convenes disciplinary hearing to let Chiam know that he is not above party discipline. Chiam continues attack. CEC votes to expel Chiam but makes last attempt at reconciliation.

1993 (Aug): Chiam rebuffs SDP's reconciliation effort. Even then CEC holds back announcement of Chiam's expulsion for two weeks.

1993 (Aug): Chiam sues SDP and alleges bad faith and malice in expulsion.

1993 (Dec): Court rules that there was no bad faith or malice in the SDP's actions. Justice Warren Khoo wrote: “It may be fairly said that he brought the disciplinary proceedings and the court action on himself.”

The above events are undisputed and documented in Justice Warren Khoo's written judgement (read here). Throughout the affair, PAP used the split to attack Dr Chee.

1994 (Sep): Despite all that had happened, Chee calls Chiam to invite him on an SDP official trip to Australia. Chiam declines.

1997 (Dec): GE called, Chiams leaves SDP and joins SPP.

After the 1997 General Elections, then PM Goh Chok Tong said that Mr Chiam was no threat but had, in fact, been "good" for the PAP as "without him, it would have been more difficult to destroy (Singapore Democratic Party chief) Chee Soon Juan". (Party sets five goals to win elections in 2002, Straits Times, 12 Jan 1998)
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