Since People's Action Party (PAP) member Michael Palmer resigned
from the PAP due to his extramarital affair, Punggol East Single Member
Constituency (SMC) was left without a Member of Parliament (MP). Singapore Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong has since said that he would carefully consider when
to call for a by-election in the ward.
The New Year has come and gone and there’s still no word on
when the by-election will be held. For the opposition parties, this is good
news because for the PAP, the time is now! Like I said before, I believe the
PAP would be favorites for the ward but if they want to have the best chance
for the win, I truly believe that the PAP will want to have the by-election as
soon as possible.
My reasoning is simple. The PAP needs to have the election
before the opposition get their house in order. The Singapore Democratic Party
(SDP), The Reform Party and the Worker’s Party have all said they intend to
contest in the Punggol East SMC. That is at least a 3-way spilt on the
opposition side of the election and the by-election could go as high as a 5-way contest.
This is a chance the PAP should take
advantage of.
The longer the PAP waits, the more time the opposition has
to engage in horse-trading and the more chance there will only be one candidate
against the PAP. For the PAP, in the case of the by-election in Punggol East
SMC, it’s a case of the sooner, the better.
2 comments:
Not need lah, the PM can announce that the $16,000 allowance will be share among the top 16 students within the SMC lah...every month..
The government giving money to Singaporeans? Dream on man, dream on!
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