Gerrymandering in the Lion City
Gerrymandering is as old as politics itself. The term refers to the drawing of legislative district lines in such a way as to thwart opposition victory or to enhance the power of a political party. The word was originally coined by an American newspaper in the 1800s by Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry, who passed a law...
Singapore exile Tan Wah Piow meets Mahathir; says M’sia is a beacon for democracy
Tan (center). with Thum (left), & Hishamuddin. (Photo: MSN) Singapore exile and former student activist, Tan Wah Piow, met with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed on Thursday and invited him to speak at an upcoming conference on democracy next year. The meeting with Tan, along with Singaporean historian Thum Ping-tjin,...
Ong Ye Kung should not lament about his Aljunied defeat when he was later parachuted into Parliament via a GRC
When I hear PAP ministers talk about how hard it was for them to bounce back after an electoral defeat, I think of all the hundreds of opposition candidates who keep coming back after every defeat, even though they knew defeat was a certainty. So really, come on. Don't make like it was an out-of-body experience, one which was...
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