Another one with poor power of comprehension and reasoning.
Would I want David Gerald to be President? Certainly not. Would David Gerald feel that he deserve to be President and ask for 100k petition. I don't think so. This is despite that he went to University, was a magistrate, DPP and ran his own practice for close to 30 years and did not have to rely on the PAP for his livelihood and did not leech on taxi drivers and union members for his income.
David Gerald's contribution was immense and tangible. Are you aware that during the Mini bond saga, the Govt, MAS, the banks, the legal profession and other respectable professionals ignored him as they sensed that he was an opportunist. All he ended up with was an ambulance chasing ambitious your lawyer who got no where. Look who he ended with. GMS, PNG, etc not exactly top tier.
Sometime you have to learn to observe and connect the dots. Why are main stream respectable individuals who have nothing to do with then PAP are avoiding the man. Tan kin Lian is not someone that suddenly appeared from no where. Nearly everyone knows who he is and what he has been doing for 30 years. They have formed opinions and have heard what he has been doing for 35 years. A leopard does not change it's spot. David Gerald on the other had people's attention and doors opened despite that he has been low profile for 3 decades. Do you know why? Again, he is not standing for President.
Tan Cheng Bock on the other hand was feted as guest of honour at this years SMA, they got him to drag onto their VIP table 2 other high profile opposition candidates. And his speech as usual was calling a spade a spade. Do you know why TCB is respected by both sides of the divide and hated by thenold man.
You seem to know WP quite well. Drop by and have a chat with Sylvia and ask her about him and also what her father thinks of him.
It's a small country, people tend to know each other well. Why you think TKL connects withGMS and PNg. Same age group? same profile in industry? Same charities?, same social concerns? same interest ? Golfing 3some? maybe mahjong partners?
Note the comments in this forum from the usual anti-establishment crowd and the opposition fans. Can't you tell.
You're talking about David Gerald, aren't you? He's on PAP and MAS side fighting against CLOB. TKL is formerly of PAP and NTUC but now taken a neutral stand for the people, apparently at least. TKL fought against MAS and the local financial cartel to extract somewhere between 25 to 100% refunds to victims of minibombs within a year, over the initial MAS stand of caveat emptor and suffer your own consequence. That's far more expedient and tangible what Gerald achieved with SIAS when saleability and tradeability of clobbered shares were restored over three years or more at prices half or less or at a fraction (partially circumstantial upon the next 2000-01 crash following the 1997-98 one).
I don't take any credit away from Gerald or subject him to any comparison to previous or contemporary illuminaries anyway. I don't like TKL personally. I find him pompous and whinny like a spoilt brat under rehabilitation. I may not likely vote for him but I welcome him to stand to give us a choice. You on the other hand, seem to have something personal or politically motivated against him to begin with. Without durian trees around, you'd still pluck rambutans to throw at him.