If Mdm Halimah runs for the Malay President, SDP will be ready to give the people of Marsiling and Yew Tee another chance to consider us to be in Parliament to voice the people’s concern now having seen the outcome of their vote 2 years on.
The PAP must play it fair, the minority representation by an MP must be replaced in a GRC by-election.
Lets do it people!!!
Source: Damanhuri Abas
Dr Yaacob appeals to Malays to allow themselves to be made pawns in the PAP’s on going grand design to ward off any serious challenge to its absolute hold on all levers of power – at the expense of the community’s self worth and dignity.
He then wayang by saying, “the Malay community is concerned not just about the president, but also Malay permanent secretary, Malay general ,,,, because we want to see representation across the entire Singaporean life”.
Then he contradicts himself saying “but we believe it must come about because of meritocracy ……”.
Good try Dr Yaacob. You think we are fools?
Source: Mohamed Jufrie Mahmood
If you are a non Malay and you oppose the amendments to the constitution to reserve the post of the Elected President for a Malay this time round solely because you don’t want a Malay to hold the post then you are opposing for the wrong reason.
You may then be accused of being a racist.
For your information many enlightened Malays also oppose the amendments but for different reasons. They hate the insinuation that they are unable to stand on their own merit and would end up having a PAP puppet for a president. We prefer a capable and fair minded person who is independent and can stand up for all Singaporeans, irrespective of his racial background.
MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WANT A PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT BEHOLDEN TO THE RULING PARTY AND CAN SAY “NO” TO THE PAP SHOULD THE NEED ARISES. THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. GET IT?
MAJULAH SINGAPURA!
Source: Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood
When the going gets tough the not so tough indulges in poetry writing instead of standing up for the truth and seeking solace and hikmah from Almighty Allah.
So sad.
Indulge in poetry writing to have your problems solved.
Source: Mohamed Jufrie Bin Mahmood in Suara Melayu Singapura
Education Minister (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung’s suggestion that the PAP’s continued one-party rule is the best course for Singapore’s future is at complete odds with reality.
It is precisely the lack of a democratic, checks-and-balance system that has gotten the country into the current sorry state of affairs in the first place. More worryingly, it clouds the out-look for our nation’s future.
For example, it is the PAP’s self-interested and unchecked policy of importing excessive numbers of foreign workers that has caused Singaporeans much pain and hardship.
Jobs of locals have been displaced and wages depressed because of the mass and sudden influx of foreigners. The cost of living for citizens have also increased as a result while productivity growth has remained at near zero percent.
There is no mistaking that the policy has lowered the quality of life for our people, harmed the overall economy and made it difficult for our nation to progress.
But bringing in foreigners has allowed the ministers to engineer high-GDP growth through the collection of foreign workers’ levies, housing expenses, GST, etc. As ministers peg their pay to GDP growth, they have rewarded themselves handsomely with annual salaries to the tune of millions of dollars.
All this could take place because there was no opposition in Parliament to keep the PAP in check. The party did as it pleased leading to the dangerous situation in which Singapore finds itself today.
Another horrendous situation that Singaporeans are stuck with is the retention of our CPF money. It is the unchecked one-party rule that has allowed the PAP to blatantly rescind its promise to return us our CPF savings in full. This has resulted in retirees left out in the cold with little or no income.
Without political opposition, the PAP is also able to immerse itself in the commercial sector leading Singapore to become one of the most, according to the Crony-Capitalism Index, cronyistic economies in the world.
The government’s domination of the domestic commercial sector through unproductive GLCs has stifled the growth of the private entrepreneurial sector and the development of an innovative culture – areas that Singapore depends on for its future economic survival.
It has also led to the crushing of workers’ rights, allowing GLCs like the Surbana Jurong to terminate its workers without accountability.
It is frightening that at this juncture of Singapore’s development and with a rapidly changing world we face, PAP ministers like Ong Ye Kung still cling on to the out-dated and reality-free view that a one-party rule is the way forward.
Singaporeans must awaken to the fact that without a vibrant and democratic society where open exchange of ideas and freedom of expression are valued, the future of Singapore is bleak. For the sake of our nation, the PAP’s one-party rule must end.
Source: http://yoursdp.org