TR EMERITUS

The PAP has this strategy of having each GRC helmed by a minister. The idea is make people fearful of "losing a minister" if they vote against the PAP in a GRC. The PAP then puts newcomers in a GRC who get into parliament on the coat-tails exploiting this fear among voters. Yesterday, PM Lee again played up this fear by saying... 

For the past few weeks, even before Parliament got dissolved, I’ve been hearing a lot of talk from people telling me that this coming election is about choosing our fourth-generation leaders. I hear people telling me this election is about securing our future. Imagine an old man listening to all these from younger people;... 

If the PM’s promise to make Zainul Abidin the next parliamentary speaker was meant to get the Malays in Aljunied GRC to vote for the PAP, it may backfire. If Zainul, a candidate in Aljunied, gets re-elected and is then made speaker, then the Malays are likely to reason it is likely that the next president will not be a Malay....