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  • Halimah Resigns From Speaker Way Before Verdict, Now Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s Appeal Dismissed

    Halimah Resigns From Speaker Way Before Verdict, Now Dr Tan Cheng Bock’s Appeal Dismissed

    Whoever did not expect this outcome must be living under a rock.

    If not, why would Halimah have resigned before the verdict was announced?

    Common sense dictates that with resignation of Halimah from Speaker of Parliament and MP even before the appeal verdict is known, underscores the PAP’s advance preparation.

    At least show some respect by not resigning from the speaker position until the appeal result was out.

    It clearly shows their arrogance with regards to the upcoming reserved elections.

    So happens that they wanted a Malay president, so she proclaims herself Malay. Highly likely if an Indian president was required, she will declare herself Indian.

    Where is the justice? Is there no democracy?

    To Dr Tan Cheng Bock, thank you for trying. You are already a hero in the hearts of fellow Singaporeans.

    We respect what you did, and what you did was right. #salute

     

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  • Malay Family Used To Prove A Point On Meritocracy, But Singaporean Malays Generally Still Sidelined

    Malay Family Used To Prove A Point On Meritocracy, But Singaporean Malays Generally Still Sidelined

    Talking about meritocracy when the Malay community are still being marginalised? 

    If you are really serious about meritocracy, these are some of the things you can do for the Malay community since a “Malay family” has been specifically chosen for the National Day Rally speech.

    Abolish the SAP school system. It is racist for non Chinese students who are deprived of this opportunity, and all schools are not equal for as long as SAP schools are still around.

    Employ more Malays in the defense sectors as much so as other races are able to apply and secure a job. Equal opportunity and ability-based. Malays are not stupid or incapable.

    Don’t use always use Malay CNB officers to catch drug addicts which usually are Malays. Other races too can do a similar job as their Malay colleagues in apprehending those criminals.

    Mendaki and the government must render help to all Muslims no matter Malays or Indians or Arabs.

    Don’t have the impudence to call it a meritocracy if all these problems still persist.

     

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  • Halimah Yacob Has Word Of Advice For NDP Bird Boy

    Halimah Yacob Has Word Of Advice For NDP Bird Boy

    The precocious Henry Park Primary School Pupil who made headlines for raising his middle finger at the camera during the National Day Parade on Wednesday has not only attracted the attention of netizens but has earned some advice from presidential hopeful Halimah Yacob, as well.

    Halimah – who has been dominating headlines herself after resigning from her elected MP role and from her seat as Speaker of Parliament to contest the reserved presidential election that has been mired in controversy – had this to say to the boy’s parents when she was asked about the boy in an interview with a local news website:

    “I have a word of advice for his parents, if I could.
    “I’m also a mother, I’m a mother. Maybe should just call aside the boy and tell him this is not the right thing to do, and explain to him!
    “I think that would be the ideal. The parents would come in, counsel him, and say “look this is not the right thing to do” and why. You need to explain why, you know.
    “I always feel that instilling values in young people is a job for parents. Because they are born, and the day they were born, they were with us. We have a duty to instill values in them, you see.
    “And so I think, that’s what the parents should do.”

    The establishment favourite hopeful also had the following words of wisdom for the boy himself:

    “You made a mistake, learn from it, and move on.”

    The boy is reportedly “deeply apologetic” for his actions, according to Henry Park Primary School’s principal who also told a local daily that the boy has been counselled.

     

    Source: www.theindependent.sg

     

  • Commentary: Like Tharman, If Halimah Yacob Is Not Part If The Solution, She Is Part Of The Problem

    Commentary: Like Tharman, If Halimah Yacob Is Not Part If The Solution, She Is Part Of The Problem

    I say: “Like Tharman, if Halimah Yacob is not part of the solution, she is part of the problem.”

    My friend Teo Soh Lung wrote a measured and upbeat assessment of Halimah Yacob, and rated highly her chance of winning the Presidential Election even if it was not “reserved”.

    Soh lung said:
    “If the government did not amend the laws, Madam Halimah Yacob would have been spared the many indignities, insults and unjust criticisms now levelled against her. The high office of the president would not have been so demeaned.

    I have high regard for Madam Halimah Yacob. At the nomination centre in 2011, we shook hands and had a conversation. I was a SDP candidate for Yuhua and she was the PAP candidate for Jurong GRC. ”

    My response:

    Halimah may be the most virtuous lady politician in the PAP fold, but that is not the point. We have a political system which is calibrated and fine-tuned to serve the Dominant Party, and the entire electoral system, from the legislature, to the Presidency, is gerrymandered to ensure the PAP remains in perpetuity as a national institution.

    Isn’t the fiction of calling the current President the 5th elected President part of the grand gerrymandering to prevent challenge from potential challengers?

    And returning to the first principle, the ridiculous threshold for eligibility for Presidential Candidacy is based on Management of a company worth over $500 million is an affront to democratic principles.

    And turning legislators to managers of local authority is yet another scheme undermining the essence of democratic government.

    If Halimah has any democratic credentials, she should rise above it to make a difference.

    Like Tharman, if she is not part of the solution, she is part of the problem.

     

    Source: Tan Wah-Piow

  • No By-Elections; Strong Indication Of PAP’s Inability To Honour Championing Of Minority Representation

    No By-Elections; Strong Indication Of PAP’s Inability To Honour Championing Of Minority Representation

    Halimah Yacob resigned today from her seat of Marsiling (red) and as the 7th Speaker of Parliament.

    Thanks to a question raised by WP MP Pritam Singh in Parliament, we now know that the Prime Minister will not call for a by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC (shaded below).

    This is very worrying on two fronts.

    Firstly, this 4-member GRC is, by law, one of the GRCs reserved for Malay minority candidates presumably because of its higher Malay population. With Halimah’s departure, the GRC will have no minority MPs at all. Many of us may not agree with the mechanics or even the basis of the GRC system and may wish to see it reformed. Nonetheless, not calling for a by-election to reinstate a minority Member would speak volumes about the PAP’s commitment to playing by its own rules in its own game that is the much-vaunted GRC system.

    Secondly, the PM’s intention to appoint a Grassroots Advisor in Marsiling ward, instead of calling for a by-election, raises very unsettling questions about how the Government recognises the legitimacy and authority of elected MPs. Does this mean that Government agencies will now accord Grassroots Advisors with as much recognition as elected MPs when residents attend Meet-the-People Sessions seeking help? Does this mean that these unelected Grassroots Advisors can take on other roles that presumably only MPs can undertake? If the answer to these questions is no, then without a by-election, Marsiling-Yew Tee residents are being short-changed. If the answer is yes, it would be even worse, for this would be an admission that the Government can appoint a PAP member to be the Grassroots Advisor for Marsiling with inordinate power and authority, without a single vote having been cast for that person by Singaporeans living there. This would be unsurprising given that PAP candidates who lose in Opposition wards are immediately appointed as the Grassroots Advisors for these wards after each General Election.

    Unsurprising, but inherently unfair to voters.

    Given that we are less than half-way through the term of the present Parliament, not calling for a by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC would be an affront to parliamentary democracy in Singapore, and would be a strong indication of the PAP’s inability to honour its own supposed status of being a champion of minority representation.

    Instead, we are faced with a reserved Presidential Election which harms our social fabric more than it purports to help it, because it may just entrench the idea in people’s minds that minorities are unelectable by way of their own merits alone. How does this advance our progress as a nation?

    (To find out more about how the ward-level layer was made, visit my blog at: https://mappedmusings.wordpress.com/…/mapping-our-home-mapp…. Designed with Map Box.)

     

    Source: Yudhishthra Nathan

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