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Reality check for opposition unity
Posted by Ravi Philemon on April 25, 2010 6 Comments
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Liberal International (LI) and the Council of Asian Liberals & Democrats (CALD) jointly organised a roundtable discussion titled “Fortifying Liberal Democracy and Partnership in the Region” in Singapore. Several political parties were invited.
Notably, parties represented include the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), the Reform Party (RP), the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), the United Singapore Democrats (USD) while the People’s Action Party (PAP) had declined to participate.
The roundtable was chaired by Mr Hans van Baalen, who is both a Member of European Parliament for Netherlands and the current President of LI. According to him, Singapore looks much civilised from the outside. For a foreigner passing through Singapore, many things certainly appear to be in order given the Republic’s prosperity, but, in fact, there is no free and fair election.
Posted by Ravi Philemon on April 25, 2010 6 Comments
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Notably, parties represented include the Singapore People’s Party (SPP), the Reform Party (RP), the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), the United Singapore Democrats (USD) while the People’s Action Party (PAP) had declined to participate.
The roundtable was chaired by Mr Hans van Baalen, who is both a Member of European Parliament for Netherlands and the current President of LI. According to him, Singapore looks much civilised from the outside. For a foreigner passing through Singapore, many things certainly appear to be in order given the Republic’s prosperity, but, in fact, there is no free and fair election.
