It is a tactical error. Saying that you have a transition team and citing their generic experience and years in that industry as a combined team is a good way to go. But naming and showing the team who look half fucked by any means is a disaster. One look at the team at the press conference and you will walk away shaking your head. . PAP reject some more. This harks back to the days of Harban Singh when everybody waits for the comedy hour when he unveils his shadow cabinet. His mistress cum PA will always be the shadow Foreign Minister. And some dumbass will say that it shows that Harban Singh is ready to form Government and well prepared because he thinks ahead.
Chee must realise that he is also judged by his associates and who is prepared to work with him. It has been his achilles heel all these years. Characters like Monica Kumar, Jaclyn Go plus a whole string of nobodys has not helped him. SDP gave their best performance when quality outsiders used the Party apparatus to stand in 2011 and none of usual SDP members featured prominently. In 2011, Michelle Lee, Ang Yong Guan, Vincent W, Tan Jee Say, Jeannette Aruldoss who were not SDP members but were accommodated for the elections.
It is also no surprise that those who have politics in their blood and are capable will eventually leave him. Look at Dr Wong Wee Nam, Dr Ang Yong Guan, Dr Vincent Wijeyasinhe, Jeanette Aruldoss etc. And they leave him after one attempt at GE. What does that tell you?
I struggle to understand why he repeats these mistakes year in and year out. And it is not rocket science.
Chee must realise that he is also judged by his associates and who is prepared to work with him. It has been his achilles heel all these years. Characters like Monica Kumar, Jaclyn Go plus a whole string of nobodys has not helped him. SDP gave their best performance when quality outsiders used the Party apparatus to stand in 2011 and none of usual SDP members featured prominently. In 2011, Michelle Lee, Ang Yong Guan, Vincent W, Tan Jee Say, Jeannette Aruldoss who were not SDP members but were accommodated for the elections.
It is also no surprise that those who have politics in their blood and are capable will eventually leave him. Look at Dr Wong Wee Nam, Dr Ang Yong Guan, Dr Vincent Wijeyasinhe, Jeanette Aruldoss etc. And they leave him after one attempt at GE. What does that tell you?
I struggle to understand why he repeats these mistakes year in and year out. And it is not rocket science.