Failure of democratic systems
It is rather sad to see the failure of democratic systems in several countries. Here are my observations. a) In the US, there is gridlock in Congress. Both parties do not agree on many policies. Congress does not agree with the President. The current President has less votes than his opponent during the presidential election....
Why I do not look forward to PAP’s new scholarly lineup of candidates for GE2019
DPM Heng I have read with interest what DPM Heng Swee Keat said in an interview with CNA - that the PAP is getting its manifesto ready and selecting their candidates to stand for the election. Over the last couple of elections, the PAP government had been only able to find their electoral candidates from a few sources. These...
Singapore, Oh Singapore!
How did we arrive at this wretched state - when civil disobedience is proscribed and criminalised and respectable citizens charged, sued, punished with hefty fines and sent to jail? J B Jeyaretnam, Tang Liang Hong, Alex Au, Jolovan Wham, Leong Sze Hian, Seelan Palay, John Tan, Roy Ngerng, Li Sheng Wu, Terry Xu and Daniel D’Souza,...
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- StayTuned Sim Ann on Singapore Needs a Dynamic Multi-Party System
- Fearing Monsters on Fear-Mongering Over Tariff Fallout Rings Hollow Without Hard Data
- Voice for Change on Singapore Needs a Dynamic Multi-Party System
- Untouchable Rich on Singapore Needs a Dynamic Multi-Party System
- Who would be Real MPs on 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
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