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  • SDP On EP Walkover: PAP’s Contempt For Our Constitution And Our Flag Must Be Roundly Condemned

    SDP On EP Walkover: PAP’s Contempt For Our Constitution And Our Flag Must Be Roundly Condemned

    Singapore Democrats

    The walkover of the Presidential Election comes as no surprise. The PAP had changed the rules and revised the criteria of the Elected Presidency to pave the way for Ms Halimah Yacob to assume the office.

    Nevertheless, this is a sad day for Singapore. The rule of law has been mercilessly mocked and denigrated. The contempt the PAP has shown for our constitution and our flag which symbolises the ideals of democracy, unity and progress must be roundly condemned.

    By doing what it has done, the PAP has shown yet again that its only goal is to strengthen its grip on power. That the goal is detrimental to the interests and progress of Singapore is of secondary concern to the party.

    It is bad enough that the PAP has manipulated the system to get one if its own to become the president. That it has dangerously played the race card and divided the people to achieve this must be of grave concern to all Singaporeans.

    The SDP protests this outcome in the strongest manner possible.

     

    Source: http://yoursdp.org

  • Commentary: In A Perverse Way, The Outcome Was A ‘Fitting Finale’ To The Reserved PE2017

    Commentary: In A Perverse Way, The Outcome Was A ‘Fitting Finale’ To The Reserved PE2017

    In a perverse way, the outcome of the first Reserved Presidency, a non-event, was a fitting finale to the reserved presidential election (which has now become a non-election).

    How so?

    * The Malay community never asked for a Malay president, and now we have one. I wonder how many in the community will be jubilant.

    * A confirmation that meritocracy is not sacrosanct, and it can be disapplied selectively. We wonder when the next disapplication will be.

    * An affirmation of the perception that Malays need a crutch and will only “succeed” upon affirmative action.

    * The question that is begged to be answered is why the Community had failed to come up with a qualified candidate for the Presidency (other than Mdm Halimah)? Has the bar been set too high that it excludes others who would be willing and able to be President? Or is the community not good enough?

    * Singaporeans generally will not be pleased. Apart from the fact that other non-Malay communities have been denied the opportunity to field candidates, Singaporeans too have been denied the opportunity to cast votes, the most basic form of democracy.

    * Mdm Halimah can’t be too pleased. She would have won a presidential election which was open. She would have won a presidential election that was reserved. But she has been denied that opportunity to have the electorate’s mandate.

     

    Source: Nizam Ismail

  • PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WALKOVER; HALIMAH YACOB’S TITLE OF MADAM PRESIDENT NOT A MYTH

    PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WALKOVER; HALIMAH YACOB’S TITLE OF MADAM PRESIDENT NOT A MYTH

    Singaporeans will not have to vote for their new President as only one Certificate of Eligibility has been issued.

    This was announced by the Elections Department on Monday (Sep 11) in a press release reproduced below:

    Five individuals applied for a Certificate of Eligibility. Of these five individuals, three declared that they belonged to the Malay community and applied for Malay Community Certificates.

    Decisions on Certificate of Eligibility
    The PEC has decided to issue one Certificate of Eligibility.

    Decisions on Community Certificates
    The CC referred all three applications for a Malay Community Certificate to the Malay Community Sub-Committee (MCSC), and the MCSC has concluded that all three applicants belong to the Malay community. The CC will therefore issue three Malay Community Certificates.

    As this Presidential Election is reserved for the Malay community, the CC rejected the two community declarations where the declarants did not declare themselves to be a member of the Malay community.

    Individuals issued with both Certificates
    One individual will be issued with both the Certificate of Eligibility and the Malay Community Certificate.

    Notification to candidates
    The Elections Department has notified all five individuals on the outcome of their applications. Reasons were also given to the unsuccessful applicants for a Certificate of Eligibility. The PEC and the Elections Department will not, in the first instance, publish the names of the unsuccessful applicants or the reasons given to them. This is to give effect to the recommendation of the Constitutional Commission that unsuccessful applicants should not be disclosed to the public, to reduce the prospect of potential applicants being dissuaded from stepping forward to contest the elections. An unsuccessful applicant is free to publish the reasons given to him or her.

     

    Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com

  • Commentary: Don’t Spoil Your Vote, It Only Strengthen PAP’s Halimah

    Commentary: Don’t Spoil Your Vote, It Only Strengthen PAP’s Halimah

    Don’t make PAP Halimah look Extremely Good by voiding your votes! Just vote ANYONE BUT PAP HALIMAH!

    Some people have been going around to urge people, especially Opposition supporters to void their votes. I hate to say this but this is an Extremely Stupid idea to start with!

    First of all, do you know what will happen if these people managed to convince 10% of opposition voters to void their votes? It would mean that right after polling result comes out, the MSM media will have headlines screaming “Halimah has won a Glorious Victory with over 80% of valid votes cast!”

    It would be even worse if both of the other contestants lost their deposits!

    Do you want to make PAP look good with such a “Reserved Presidential Elections”?

    Tony Tan is a Face-Losing President without much legitimacy or mandate basically because he got less than 50% of valid votes cast! The aim for this coming PE, IF THERE IS ANY CONTEST at all, is either to make Halimah lose or shame her and PAP by depriving her the basic mandate of 50%! This will be a tight slap on Halimah and PAP’s public discourse of having a President who represents and unite Singaporeans.

    This should be the ONLY Objective of this coming PE, to shame PAP for its political maneuvering and deprive Halimah the legitimacy and mandate of Singaporeans.

    If we continue to have Elected Presidents who cannot even garner a simple majority of support from Singaporeans, then this Elected Presidency is basically flawed and we should then demand the amendment of the Constitution to have second round of voting between the two highest polling candidates if the first round of voting doesn’t produce a winner who could garner more than 50% of valid votes cast!

    Do not hand over the total monopoly of power to PAP so easily without a fight. The role of opposition politicians is to win votes, not to ask voters to void their votes and in the end making PAP looks extremely good with glorious results!

    If PAP didn’t even care about Barisan Socialists boycotting the GE back in 1960s, do you think PAP even care about people voiding votes?

    Please do not repeat the stupid mistake which Barisan Socialists made when they boycotted the GE and handed over total monopoly of power to PAP so easily on a silver platter!

     

    Source: Goh Meng Seng

  • PAP Actively Gathering Feedback On Halimah To Initiate Their Next Course Of Action

    PAP Actively Gathering Feedback On Halimah To Initiate Their Next Course Of Action

    Are the PAP actively gathering feedback to determine whether “Madam President” Halimah could win?

    If the feedback is not good, will they make the other two potential candidates be disqualified to create an uncontested election where it is a walkover instead?

    What are the consequences in the event that she were to contest, and she win or lose with a just tiny edge and a large percentage of spoilt votes?

    Disaster is the outcome and it’s nearing.

    Pray for our Singapore politics.

     

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