By his own admission, Lee has been following Roy’s blog and decided to SUE when he thought the latter had ‘crossed’ a line.
If Lee had been taking his responsibility and duty as the prime minister seriously, why did he allow bloggers and other citizens to continue if he sincerely felt that they had got their facts wrong in their quest (for transparency among others) that Roy and others have doubts, questions and queries regarding their CPF which is no less than their nest egg and savings for their retirement and twilight years.
I find it incomprehensible and insincere that he should find it condescending to provide proper replies and responses to such doubts which he is duty bound to do. He could have EASILY instructed his subordinates in charge of the CPF to lay out the details being legitimately sought after by the citizens of Singapore who have a very fundamental right to knowledge and facts about what is happening to their CPF money.
It is pertinent to repeat that the queries about our CPF are a DIRECT RESULT of the aftermath of the hundreds of billions of losses incurred by the GIC and Temasek, Singapore’s sovereign funds, that are managed by Lee, his father and their gang.
IMHO, this entire sorry episode and expensive law suit that Lee has chosen to drag Roy into could have been completely avoided had Lee has felt it duty-bound enough to provide proper responses. It is evident and appalling that it is entirely of Lee’s making when he is in the best position to allay the fears of Singaporeans with concrete facts and figures about how our CPF is being managed and invested.
The fact that up till TODAY, many doubts remain and many questions about the CPF remain unclarified and unanswered underscores this inexcusable reticence and reluctance to inform Singaporeans. Citizens could hardly be faulted if they harbour mistrust and suspicions about the handling by the govt of our CPF.
It changes NOTHING of this mistrust and suspicion even if Lee were to sue a hundred Roy Ngerngs successfully. He may win all the legal battles but surely he is going to lose the war for the hearts and minds of Singaporeans.
george
* Comment appeared in TRE article: Roy: Mr Lee didn’t suffer lower standing due to my articles
Source: www.tremeritus.com
