she will bring disgrace to opposition
She is there as a puppet to ensure SPP's survival as a viable party. All her speeches will be drafted by the 15 member working committee headed by Benjamin Pwee. She is just the reader of the text and I'm sure she will make minimal speeches to ensure damage limitation.
Ben Pwee will have no power so long as Mr. Chiam is still around.
she will bring disgrace to opposition
Ben Pwee is young whilst CST is not .....In any case, Ben will not overthrow or tarnish CST as he is leveraging on the powerful CST brand. 5 years is a long time and who can guess what will happen to all individuals and parties involved in GE 2011. Every election throws up new names that disappear just as quick as they appear .....
Lina Chiam is a puppet put in by SPP to maintain her party's presence in the parliament. If Mr Chiam don't work on his succession planning then his SPP is going to be history and going the way of dodo. Her speech will be draft by SPP's 15 CEC members. Workers' Party and NSP have a better future since they have many members and they send the most candidates this election. Nicole Seah and Gerald Giam are bright young people who can use the NCMP platform to improve their popularity and shoot them in for the MP seat.
she will bring disgrace to opposition
Totally agreed. She will provide lots of ammo for the PAPies to attack.
I do not doubt her sincerity but I am afraid she will be the main focus of the mainstream media ridicules. This is more so when parliamentary debate is shown edited.
she will bring disgrace to opposition
Maybe you think it's cos she cant speak well? Then how about LSS? Do you think the PAP thinks he is a disgrace?
Ben Pwee will have no power so long as Mr. Chiam is still around.
Very true! It's an euphemistic and self-serving way of saying that the PP residents want her to be an NCMP. It's the Chiam and Chiam show all over again. She lost to Sitoh despite her husband's legacy and the so-called Chiam factor. In the end, all the advantages were of no use to her when the voters chose Sitoh. People are giving her too much credit. The stark fact is she lost when she should have won. Her inadequacies were too painful to watch on CNA. I still cringe when I recalled her mediocre performance. Ben Pwee would make a fine NCMP but that's not to be. He'll still be playing second fiddle to Lina for the next 5 years! What a pity if not a travesty! Lina is still labouring under the illusion that she lost by a mere 114 votes and therefore it was an overall great performance as she is a first-timer. Fact is she still lost PP when it should have been won and perhaps won by a comfortable margin.
Lina should think for the good of Singapore and be gracious. Let other superior speakers be NCMP.
I am very disappointed that SPP deigns it fitting to hog the NCMP seat. Lina is not the best choice and Everybody knows that. Lina should let someone better take the seat. By hogging the seat, lina is being selfish and thinking for good of SPP, not singapore