As the social media and Alex Au in particular carries the country's load in the latest crisis and ironically on a matter that involves WP's constituency and TC, one has to wonder what WP think its role is in contemporary politics both in the local and in the international sense under the Westminster Model.
Ptader has also raised the same issue and I think it is time for WP to step back and seriously re-consider (1) the role of an elected parliamentarian, (2)the role of a political party that is in parliament and more (3) importantly a party that is the official designated opposition under the Westminster model. In essence there are 3 distinct roles that need to be examined critically with previous perceived or existing role remit wiped clean.
The party is the oldest after the PAP, has contested numerous electons, has had luminaries and established identities such as Marshall, JBJ and recently LTK. So we are not talking about a bunch of new babes in the woods. There is history. WP has also being in Parliament intermittently since the historic win in 1981 and uninterrupted since 1991. That is 2 decades of residency.
They now have 6 plus 2 representatives in Parliament. They have an energetic and relatively big support base of members, supporters and volunteers. They seemed to have nailed the formula of grassroots engagement that gets it seats in parliament.
The role that they are struggling is that of a co-driver which they themselves have defined. Frankly I don't think we have seen the co-driver for sometime. Some of you must have also realised that the Salary Review Committee met 7 times only and conveniently used the WP's submission to the committee as the base model. It must have been the most spectacular piece of self-ambush in living memory.
What do you guys think? This in no way suggest that PAP is a better and should be brought back. What we need is for WP to step, move away from property management and grassroot activities and move to handle the primary role that they were elected for.
At the end of the day, all 8 members of WP Parliamentary Team need to ask themselves as they get the first sip of morning coffee on Sunday, is Alex Au doing the job of all 8 with no renumeration received at his end.
At the ultimate irony is the AIMs saga is a property management issue involving residents' fund. A core competency of the WP amongst all the roles.
Ptader has also raised the same issue and I think it is time for WP to step back and seriously re-consider (1) the role of an elected parliamentarian, (2)the role of a political party that is in parliament and more (3) importantly a party that is the official designated opposition under the Westminster model. In essence there are 3 distinct roles that need to be examined critically with previous perceived or existing role remit wiped clean.
The party is the oldest after the PAP, has contested numerous electons, has had luminaries and established identities such as Marshall, JBJ and recently LTK. So we are not talking about a bunch of new babes in the woods. There is history. WP has also being in Parliament intermittently since the historic win in 1981 and uninterrupted since 1991. That is 2 decades of residency.
They now have 6 plus 2 representatives in Parliament. They have an energetic and relatively big support base of members, supporters and volunteers. They seemed to have nailed the formula of grassroots engagement that gets it seats in parliament.
The role that they are struggling is that of a co-driver which they themselves have defined. Frankly I don't think we have seen the co-driver for sometime. Some of you must have also realised that the Salary Review Committee met 7 times only and conveniently used the WP's submission to the committee as the base model. It must have been the most spectacular piece of self-ambush in living memory.
What do you guys think? This in no way suggest that PAP is a better and should be brought back. What we need is for WP to step, move away from property management and grassroot activities and move to handle the primary role that they were elected for.
At the end of the day, all 8 members of WP Parliamentary Team need to ask themselves as they get the first sip of morning coffee on Sunday, is Alex Au doing the job of all 8 with no renumeration received at his end.
At the ultimate irony is the AIMs saga is a property management issue involving residents' fund. A core competency of the WP amongst all the roles.
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