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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to reports regarding the street brawl between two factions of the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) last week, which has cast a harsh spotlight on the opposition.
It is a shame that in this era of democracy, people still resort to fighting and believe it can resolve misunderstandings, hostility and power struggles.
Unfortunately, infighting within PKMS has tarnished its reputation, and this public display of disunity could indirectly affect efforts by the Singapore Democratic Alliance to win votes for the opposition as well as attract new blood to join the opposition.
For the past two decades, the opposition has hardly won over any capable, honest and committed candidates to join its camp. This is because of the disunity as well as disorganised and mutually exclusive leadership styles displayed by some opposition parties.
It is likely that the People's Action Party will use the PKMS imbroglio as an example to show the electorate how the opposition has poor capabilities and is fraught with internal disunity, and that it can hardly manage itself, let alone carry out its electoral promises.
Hence, if the opposition wants to win a group representation constituency in the next general election, its leaders must stay united, get rid of animosity towards one another, come up with a strong and persuasive manifesto and a bright political vision and creed, and, last but not least, show unanimous determination to win the hearts of the electorate.
Teo Kueh Liang
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to reports regarding the street brawl between two factions of the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) last week, which has cast a harsh spotlight on the opposition.
It is a shame that in this era of democracy, people still resort to fighting and believe it can resolve misunderstandings, hostility and power struggles.
Unfortunately, infighting within PKMS has tarnished its reputation, and this public display of disunity could indirectly affect efforts by the Singapore Democratic Alliance to win votes for the opposition as well as attract new blood to join the opposition.
For the past two decades, the opposition has hardly won over any capable, honest and committed candidates to join its camp. This is because of the disunity as well as disorganised and mutually exclusive leadership styles displayed by some opposition parties.
It is likely that the People's Action Party will use the PKMS imbroglio as an example to show the electorate how the opposition has poor capabilities and is fraught with internal disunity, and that it can hardly manage itself, let alone carry out its electoral promises.
Hence, if the opposition wants to win a group representation constituency in the next general election, its leaders must stay united, get rid of animosity towards one another, come up with a strong and persuasive manifesto and a bright political vision and creed, and, last but not least, show unanimous determination to win the hearts of the electorate.
Teo Kueh Liang
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