Firstly, I would like to state that I would be very surprised if opposition are caught off-guard by LHL announcement on the by-election. I would assume that they will be very used to such tactics by now and would have started work when Palmergate surfaced and he decided to step down. PAP has been known to resort to all these dirty tricks throughout the years. Those parties that did not prepare themselves do not deserve to be elected at all.
Secondly, I always wondered why PAP like to appoint Medical Doctors as MPs? Doctors are not good administrators. Why no Engineers, Marketeers, Sales, Accountants, etc...