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The Opposition often finds itself in a perpetual chicken-and-egg dilemma. Do they risk speaking out on lesser-known, but vital, topics and risk losing votes? Or do they continue focusing on the same popular issues—CPF, housing, and the like—which have been discussed for the last 50 years with little meaningful change?
A certain Opposition Politician once told me, "I am not an activist; I am a Politician." In other words, his decisions are influenced by the need for votes and popularity. But herein lies the paradox.
If no one in the Opposition addresses these fundamental issues, how will the electorate ever become aware of them? The result is a more disengaged electorate—one that cares only for surface-level issues, missing the deeper structural problems that are truly keeping the country stagnant.
We’ve cultivated a generation of career politicians, but far too few care enough to challenge the power structures that continue to hold us back. Without the courage to address these important subjects and risk losing some votes, the Opposition remains stuck in campaigns that lack vision and purpose, leaving the electorate hopeless and bored.
Before long, another General Election will come and go. And we will remain none the wiser, nor any better off.
This cycle doesn’t just weaken the Opposition; it weakens the entire political landscape. Without an Opposition willing to tackle the root causes of dysfunction, apathy grows, and the electorate disengages. A weak Opposition allows the ruling party to become complacent, disconnected, and immune to accountability. By the time the electorate realizes the scale of the problems, it may already be too late to change course.
As the next General Election approaches, we need to look at the real threats to our existence as a nation and people. The seeming erosion of our national sovereignty through the fundamental changes to our constitution to allow the President and members of Parliament to be part of WEF and the shocking rise of excess mortality rates and sudden infant mortality rates. Are we putting foreign interests above that of Singapore's? Will Singaporeans become extinct soon? If our birth rates continue to fall, will we become extinct as a nation soon? What really happened during the rollout of the Covid19 vaccinations? Why are there no Singaporeans who died from these vaccinations? Why was the Coroner's Act changed?
Will anyone in the Opposition take the necessary risks to wake up an electorate, or if we’ll continue along the same old tired path, allowing the status quo to fester.
The survival of any democracy depends on the courage to speak truth, no matter the cost. Without that courage, both the people and the nation will suffer the consequences of their silence.
Iris Koh
A certain Opposition Politician once told me, "I am not an activist; I am a Politician." In other words, his decisions are influenced by the need for votes and popularity. But herein lies the paradox.
If no one in the Opposition addresses these fundamental issues, how will the electorate ever become aware of them? The result is a more disengaged electorate—one that cares only for surface-level issues, missing the deeper structural problems that are truly keeping the country stagnant.
We’ve cultivated a generation of career politicians, but far too few care enough to challenge the power structures that continue to hold us back. Without the courage to address these important subjects and risk losing some votes, the Opposition remains stuck in campaigns that lack vision and purpose, leaving the electorate hopeless and bored.
Before long, another General Election will come and go. And we will remain none the wiser, nor any better off.
This cycle doesn’t just weaken the Opposition; it weakens the entire political landscape. Without an Opposition willing to tackle the root causes of dysfunction, apathy grows, and the electorate disengages. A weak Opposition allows the ruling party to become complacent, disconnected, and immune to accountability. By the time the electorate realizes the scale of the problems, it may already be too late to change course.
As the next General Election approaches, we need to look at the real threats to our existence as a nation and people. The seeming erosion of our national sovereignty through the fundamental changes to our constitution to allow the President and members of Parliament to be part of WEF and the shocking rise of excess mortality rates and sudden infant mortality rates. Are we putting foreign interests above that of Singapore's? Will Singaporeans become extinct soon? If our birth rates continue to fall, will we become extinct as a nation soon? What really happened during the rollout of the Covid19 vaccinations? Why are there no Singaporeans who died from these vaccinations? Why was the Coroner's Act changed?
Will anyone in the Opposition take the necessary risks to wake up an electorate, or if we’ll continue along the same old tired path, allowing the status quo to fester.
The survival of any democracy depends on the courage to speak truth, no matter the cost. Without that courage, both the people and the nation will suffer the consequences of their silence.
Iris Koh
