Proof PAP MP is talking cock!

[TeeKee]

From: CPL (kojakbt22) Staff DelphiPlusMember Icon 6:48 am
To: ALL (2 of 5)
22833.2 in reply to 22833.1

PAP MP Indranee Rajah is talking cock when she rebutted Low's argument that a stronger opposition presence would serve as a check against graft and corruption by the ruling party. She countered, �the logical outcome is that every other country with an opposition should be squeaky clean and Singapore should be the most corrupt country in the world.�

She just need to do some googling and she will see that all the least corrupt countries in the world have multi-party systems and strong oppositions!

Let�s look at the data of the world�s 10 least corrupted countries:

2008 CPI ranking from Transparency International:
Rank Country Score
1 Denmark, 9.3
1 New Zealand, 9.3
1 Sweden, 9.3
4 Singapore, 9.2
5 Finland, 9.0
5 Switzerland, 9.0
7 Iceland, 8.9
7 Netherlands, 8.9
9 Australia, 8.7
9 Canada, 8.7

Now, let�s look at the composition of their parliaments. You will find that Singapore is the odd one out with the weakest oppositions...

Denmark Parliament (179 members)
Political groups Venstre (47) - 26.3%
Social Democrats (45)
Danish People's Party (25)
Socialist People's Party (23)
Conservative People's Party (18)
Social Liberal Party (9)
Red-Green Alliance (4)
Liberal Alliance (2)
Siumut (1)
Inuit Ataqatigiit (1)
Republican Party (1)
Union Party (1)
Independent (2)

New Zealand Parliament (122 members)
National Party (58) - 47.5%
Labour Party (43)
Green Party (9)
ACT New Zealand (5)
M�ori Party (5)
United Future (1)
Progressive Party (1)

Sweden Parliament (349 members)
Social Democratic Party (130) - 37.2%
Moderate Party (97)
Centre Party (29)
Liberal People's Party (28)
Christian Democrats (24)
Left Party (22)
Green Party (19)

Singapore Parliament (84 members)
People's Action Party (82) - 97.6%
Worker's Party (1)
Singapore Democratic Alliance (1)

Finland Parliament (200 members)
Centre Party (51) - 25.5%
National Coalition Party (50)
Social Democratic Party (45)
Left Alliance (17)
Green League (15)
Christian Democrats (7)
Swedish People's Party (9)
True Finns (5)
Bourgeois Alliance (1)

Switzerland Parliament
Lower House (200 members)
Swiss People's Party (62) - 31%
Social Democratic Party (43)
Free Democratic Party (31)
Christian Democratic People's Party (31)
Green Party (20)
Liberal Party (4)
Green Liberal Party (3)
Evangelical People's Party (2)
Federal Democratic Union (1)
Party of Labour (1)
Ticino League (1)
Christian Social Party (1)

Upper House (46 members)
Christian Democratic People's Party (15) - 32.6%
Free Democratic Party (12)
Social Democratic Party (9)
Swiss People's Party (7)
Green Party (2)
Green Liberal Party (1)

Iceland Parliament (63 members)
Social Democratic Alliance (20) - 31.7%
Independence Party (16)
Left-Green Movement (14)
Progressive Party (9)
Movement (3)
Independent (1)

Netherlands Parliament
Lower House (150 members)
Christian Democratic Appeal (41) - 27.3%
Labour Party (33)
Socialist Party (25)
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (21)
Party for Freedom (9)
GreenLeft (7)
Christian Union (6)
Democrats (3)
Reformed Political Party (2)
Party for Animals (2)
Proud of the Netherlands (1)

Upper House (75 members)
Christian Democratic Appeal (21) - 28%
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (14)
Labour Party (14)
Socialist Party (12)
GreenLeft (4)
Christian Union (4)
Democrats (2)
Political Reformed Party (2)
Party for the Animals (1)
Independent Senate Group (1)

Australia Parliament
Lower House (150 members)
Labor Party (83) - 55.3%
Liberal Party (55)
National Party (9)
Independent (3)

Upper House (76 members)
Labor Party (32) - 42.1%
Liberal Party (32)
Green Party(5)
National Party(4)
Country Liberal (1)
Family First (1)
Independent (1)

Canada Parliament
Lower House (308 members)
Conservatives (143) - 46.4%
Liberals (77)
Bloc Qu�b�cois (47)
New Democrats (36)
Independent (1)
Vacant (4)

Upper House (105 members)
Liberal (52) - 49.5%
Conservative (46)
Progressive Conservative (2)
Independents (4)
Vacant (1)



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[ahbengsong]

smelly tong... how's fugitive life ??... haha...

 

[kingrant]

Myanmar North Korea China and Russia are without Opposition parties. All of them are corrupted to various degrees.

 

[TeeKee]

Myanmar North Korea China and Russia are without Opposition parties. All of them are corrupted to various degrees.

i think we are comparing apples with apples..

authoritative regimes are out of the considerations..

 

[sampierre]

PAP MP Indranee Rajah is talking cock when she rebutted Low's argument that a stronger opposition presence would serve as a check against graft and corruption by the ruling party. She countered, �the logical outcome is that every other country with an opposition should be squeaky clean and Singapore should be the most corrupt country in the world.�[/COLOR

The fact is that having to pay PAP Ministers and senior civil servants super-duper world-class salaries is in itself a form of corruption which Transparency international fails to take into consideration . Not to mention that family members of the PAP Ministers are also allowed to tender for Government projects, which is not the case in many developed countries.

The PAP Ministers always claim that as long as they don't receive bribes in the form of cold hard cash, then they are NOT corrupted. BUT WE ALL KNOW THE MEANING OF LEEGALISED CORRUPTION.

 

[TeeKee]

The fact is that having to pay PAP Ministers and senior civil servants super-duper world-class salaries is in itself a form of corruption which Transparency international fails to take into consideration . Not to mention that family members of the PAP Ministers are also allowed to tender for Government projects, which is not the case in many developed countries.

can anybody investigate if TI got take kopi money or not?

 

[sampierre]

DEAR FELLOW SAMSTERS,

We should WRITE DIRECTLY to the directors at Transparency International to highlight factors like ABNORMALLY high Ministerial pays and allowing family members of Ministers to partake in Govt Projects to be taken into consideration when TI compiles their annual rankings list. (when more Singaporeans write to TI to complain, I'm sure they will take notice).

I AM VERY SURE THAT ONCE THESE FACTORS ARE CONSIDERED, SINGAPORE WILL DROP IN THE RANKINGS LIST, AND THE PAP CANNOT BE BOASTFUL ANYMORE.

 

[sampierre]

For those of you who are interested to write to TI, here's the information :

Transparency International (TI)
Alt Moabit 96
10559 Berlin, Germany


Phone: +49-30-34 38 20-0
Fax: +49-30-34 70 39 12


E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.transparency.org