As the saying goes, you must walk before you can run. I think this is something former presidential candidate Tan Jee Say need to understand before he embark on his plan of forming a coalition of opposition parties.
The basic idea is sound and others like Chiam See Tong had tried it before but simply put; I think his plan is doom to failure.
The reason for my thinking is very simple; the various opposition parties in Singapore have nothing in common. For there to be a working coalition, there must be several political parties working together for a common goal. Currently the only thing the opposition has in common is that they have a common enemy in the ruling party, the People’s Action Party (PAP).
Outside that, they have nothing in common and having a common enemy is just not enough for the coalition to last. They need to have a common political goal or at least a policy that they can all agree on and build off. Until they find this common policy goal, the coalition plan will not work.
4 comments:
You're spot on,
other than a common rival, there is little else the Alternative Political Parties share together. And that's because all the political parties, PAP included, are selfish and the politicians are self centred.
This shows TJS has ambitions to consolidate power. This shows he is self fish. Frankly.
Personally I don’t think it’s a case of him being selfish. It’s a case of him trying something that would not work. The idea of a grand coalition might look good on paper but this coalition will need something more than just a common enemy to unite it.
No doubt, the writer is completely right.
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