MM Lee’s “mandarinate” system is the real scourge of multi-party politics in SG

[Avantas]

At the launch of an alumni complex at the National University of Singapore (NUS) last night, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said he did not believe the country with its small population could sustain a two-party system as the PAP already has ‘to scour the whole country to find the quality we now have’. (read rest of article here)

‘You need character, commitment, drive and (the) ability to connect with people. It’s a very tough job.’ he said.

Mr Lee’s statement is inherently flawed in two aspects:

1. There is no correlation between the population of a country and its political system, be it a one party or two party state. Denmark, Finland, New Zealand and Luxembourg are examples of countries with a small population comparable to Singapore which have two or more political parties in their Parliament.

2. Why does the PAP have to “scour the whole country” to find people to run for public office? In a truly democratic country, citizens with a passion to serve the people will step foward to offer themselves as candidates to stand for elections under the banner of any political parties.

The quandrary which the PAP finds itself in now is largely a creation of its own. Its heavy-handedness in squashing political dissent against its rule through the liberal use of defamation law suits and security apparatus over the years had backfired upon itself.

Singaporeans are generally fearful and adverse to politics. Bright young men and women would rather spend time to advance their careers and to accure material possessions than to dirty their hands in the political arena.

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[commoner]

LKY must scour the whole country to find people who will be YES man to him, must buried and act against their conscience most of the times. These disgusting people are few and hard to find.

 

[takcheksian]

LKY must scour the whole country to find people who will be YES man to him, must buried and act against their conscience most of the times. These disgusting people are few and hard to find.

Nonsense! Submissive, brainless ball-lickers number at least 66.6%. But LKY has many criteria (e.g. must be born from graduate mother, must not be from the 'lazy' or 'quarrelsome' race, must be able to siam tiok any difficult question by referring to some bureaucratic statement, must be able to tell lies with a straight face, must have perfect scores from PSLE onwards, etc.). These greatly reduce his pool of talent.

You think boots easy to polish with tongue alone? I went thru NS and after 2.5 years could never polish swee swee with kiwi and rag. So now I velly der lespect bootlickers. :p:p:p

 

[DerekDear]

Nonsense! Submissive, brainless ball-lickers number at least 66.6%.

You think boots easy to polish with tongue alone? I went thru NS and after 2.5 years could never polish swee swee with kiwi and rag. So now I velly der lespect bootlickers. :p:p:p

Eh... easy lah, use instant KIWI lor.

Ball-lickers.. there are plenty who want to be in the PAP - do you know what a thick file of potential candidates they interview each year, everyone of them eager to jump on the wagon???

 

[cass888]

The complaint against defamation laws is a big red herring of the extremist sections of the opposition. What you are basically saying is that you should have the right to make untrue statements against another, in the hope that the clarification would be missed by some who heard the untrue statement in the first place.

The quandrary which the PAP finds itself in now is largely a creation of its own. Its heavy-handedness in squashing political dissent against its rule through the liberal use of defamation law suits and security apparatus over the years had backfired upon itself.

 

[johnny333]

Singaporeans are generally fearful and adverse to politics. Bright young men and women would rather spend time to advance their careers and to accure material possessions than to dirty their hands in the political arena.

I don't know about the women but if you ask the men almost all want to quit this place. There are just too many disadvantages to being a local & Sporean.