"Credible Media" so uniquely credible

[makapaaa]

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Or perhaps it's another unique case?
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iEHmUJrlrYhFRXoZ4gdTk7yN3q9Q
Singapore opposition welcomes US envoy's democracy remarks
(AFP) – 1 day ago
SINGAPORE — A Singapore opposition leader on Friday urged the US ambassador-designate to push for reforms that would lead to a "genuine multi-party democracy" in the affluent city-state.
Reform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam welcomed a vow by David Adelman, President Barack Obama's pick as Singapore envoy, to encourage the government to allow greater openness.
"The Reform Party welcomes the ambassador's statement that he will use public diplomacy to work towards a genuine multi-party democracy in Singapore," Jeyaretnam said in a statement.
"As measured by several independent and objective indices such as the Economist Democracy Index as well as the Freedom House report, Singapore does not qualify as a democracy in the generally accepted sense of the term."
Singapore has been ruled by the People's Action Party (PAP) since 1959.
The party has earned praise for transforming the island from a sleepy trading port into one of Asia's wealthiest countries, but it also stands accused of curbing civil rights and political freedoms.
Jeyaretnam is an economist who took over the Reform Party helm from his late father, veteran politician J.B. Jeyaretnam, a dogged PAP opponent who endured bankruptcy and jail terms before he died in 2008.
Adelman, a state senator in Georgia and Obama campaign fund-raiser, said at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday that Singapore was a "constructive force in the world", pointing to its aid efforts in Haiti and Afghanistan.
But Adelman said he would also promote democratic reforms in Singapore, one of Washington's closest political, economic and military allies in Asia.
"Make no mistake, currently Singapore is not a multi-party democracy," Adelman said.
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[methink]

This is uniquely Singapore indeed. Wants to be considered First World but play Third World politics!

1. Deny all civil rights and political freedoms to her citizens, this is First World?

2. Control the media and newspapers completely, this is First World?

3. Sue and bankrupt political opponents, this is First World?

4. A country ruled by one party using under-hand methods, this is First World?

5. One man the Emperor is to be obeyed at all costs, this is First World?

6. Constitution changed at will and trampled upon, this is First World?

7. Using the ISA as a feared tool of repression, this is First World?

8. A parliament of yesmen rubber stamping all decisions with alacrity, this is First World?

9. To build a democratic society, but denying the very basic, fundamental and democratic freedoms to her people, this is First World?

10. Truly "First World" indeed, when only ONE family rules everything and everyone with an iron fist! Broods no dissent!

 

[methink]

11. Citizens squeezed from all sides with mortgages and debts, ending up no better than slaves, this is First World?

12. A "First World" country with more than half the population wanting to migrate to real First World countries, this is First World?

13. With a dictator who commands FEAR from a citizentry of spineless people and with no balls to challenge him, this is First World?

14. A gahmen more concerned with its bottom line than her people, ever willing to replace them with foreigners, this is First World?

15. A gahmen who does not consult her people but rams everything down citizens' throat, this is First World?

16. A "First World" country who can only attract third world trash to be citizens, this is First World?

 

[myfoot123]

Singapore alternative parties should start building rapport with the new USA ambassador. It is good for the well beings of Singapore once PAP is ousted.