Singapore elections: No going back
Singapore went to the polls on 7 May 2011 and delivered the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) Government its worst result since 1963, both in terms of the proportion of votes and the number of seats taken by the Opposition. Despite all the institutional advantages that guaranteed a PAP victory, the party's vote went down to...
Is the election fair? You decide.
Citizens I would like to bring about this awareness, on why the opposition faces an uphill task during the election period. Firstly, the elections department falls under the Prime ministers office, and secondly the redrawing of the GRC boundaries basically benefits the PAP government, this is because it allows the PAP to dilute...
How GE 2011 proved me—oh, so wonderfully!—wrong
For 17 years, since 1994, I had been writing commentaries on various issues in the Singapore political scene. Whether these were long-standing problems such as the emotional divide between the PAP leadership and the people, or specific issues such as the controversial increase in ministerial salaries, the articles invariably...
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