A Voter's View of the Hustings:
Observations on December 30th, Campaign Day Seven.
- And here silly me thought party political broadcasts were based on
number of seats contested! If that is the case, how come 30 full minutes
(yes, no ads) was devoted from 11:00-11:30 p.m. today with exerpts of the
PAP's lunchtime rally held earlier today? Chok Tong and OM Lee spoke (thank
god Loong was not shown!). So, I suppose, wait a minute ... I am getting a
vision ... could the TV station might be biased in favour of the PAP? Could
that be the case? We live in a democracy right? Fair play and all that.
- Today's issues were basically banging away at the WP Tang bloke (sounds
like an orange drink :0). Fine, Chok Tong, you have made your point. I
agree with you that if Tang is indeed as you make him out to be, then he
does not deserve a seat in parliament. I say "make him out to be" because
like all PAP stuff, only the truth is out, but not the WHOLE truth. With
insufficient truths, how can I judge him? If I could vote against him if
he is indeed that bad, I would. But alas, that is not to be. Chok Tong,
since you are not mentioning ANYTHING about the Choo Wee Khiang's racist
statement in parliament and he is running AGAIN, how can I assume that you
are not doing this Tang thing because Lee Yoke Suan is a lame duck minister
with no coattails to bring in the GRC? Wee Khiang *actually* uttered racist
remarks in the last Parliament and, in agreeing with you, we cannot let that
continue.
Harish Pillay
h.pillay@ieee.org