It's About You, not PAP

[metalslug]

http://yoursdp.org/index.php/news/singapore/4707-its-about-you-not-pap

It's About You, not PAP
Wednesday, 06 April 2011
James Gomez

This general elections, It's About You - the Singaporean voters, your families and what we can do to alleviate the economic hardships caused by PAP`s bad policies. Instead, the PAP is making this election all about itself.

For days on end we are hearing that this election is about PAP`s “self-renewal”, “4G leaders”, its new candidates, its line up of candidates in GRCs and its long term survival as the ruling party.

We have heard nothing specific about policies the PAP will introduce to reduce the suffering it has caused to the people of Singapore.

Hardships caused by PAP`s bad policies that have led Singaporeans to suffer rising costs of living, overcrowding by large number of foreigners and depressed wages for Singaporeans.

The only worker`s organization, NTUC, through its partnership with the PAP is no longer an effective organization for workers` interests.

The NTUC has metamorphosed into a political tool of the PAP to recruit, employ and deploy its election candidates.

The PAP is talking itself up, its candidates and its long term survival this elections, but we have heard nothing about the PAP`s election manifesto and its programs to elevate the suffering of Singaporeans.

For too long we have let the PAP make Singapore elections all about itself. And as a result, it has ignored the people and the policies needed to improve their current conditions.

A compliant media that reports the PAP propaganda and does not question this jarring absence of policies for the people only highlights the fact that the elections is all about the PAP.

The SDP's policies, on the other hand, are people policies because Singaporeans are important. That’s why we entitled our economic manifesto It's About You. It's about the people of Singapore and your families.

And we will be speaking up for you.

James Gomez is an academic at an Australian university. He is back in Singapore and will work full-time on the SDP's election campaign.

 

[Char_Azn]

This is for those who doesn't think this guy is a joke

GE 2001: Disqualified Workers' Party Candidate in Aljunied GRC

Gomez was part of the WP team that tried to contest in Aljunied GRC during the 2001 GE. They were disqualified because of incomplete nomination papers. The team forgot to write down the name of the GRC in the form.

GE 2006: James Gomez Saga

Gomez caused a stir during the last GE when he claimed to submit his form for the minority-race candidate application form in 2006. He was a WP candidate for Aljunied GRC.

Gomez claimed to have submitted his minority certificate form to the Elections department on April 24. He was accompanied by Worker's Party Chairman Sylvia Lim and was filmed by media cameras as he filled up the form. However, after the media and his Chairman left, he forgot to submit his forms. This was later evidenced by CCTV footage which showed that he kept the form in an envelope in his bag, and left the building without submitting the form.

On April 26, James Gomez called the elections department to enquire about the status of the form. He was indignant that the board said they had not received the form. He even reminded the ELD officer of the "consequences" of misplacing his form, pointing to the CCTV nearby.

On April 27, the Elections Department confirmed through CCTV that Gomez did not submit a "minority-race candidate application form", despite claiming on the eve of Nomination Day that he had done so.[4]

On April 29, Gomez eventually admitted that he did not file the application, contrary to earlier claims. Gomez said he was distracted by his busy schedule.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gomez

 

[GoldenDragon]

Strange things will happen again. It is always in the hotly contested GRCs and/or SMC that the 'inexplicable' will take place. Invisible hand always working 24/7/365.