Sore Loser - Reform Party Chief Kenneth "Don't complain" Jeyaretnam

Kenneth Jeyaretnam, one of The Reform Party West Coast GRC candidates, was interviewed “live” on Channel News Asia after the sample count for voting results was released.

The PAP team was leading 78 percent to RP’s 22 percent in the sample count.

Results Update: 
PAP 71,091 (78.57%) vs RF 19323 (21.43%) of valid votes 
Voters: 99,300 | Rejected votes: 2,415 | Did not vote: 6,402

This was what Jeyaretnam said when asked to comment by CNA’s reporter:

Here’s the interview transcribed:

Reporter:
Now the sample counts have been out for quite a few of the constituencies, your thoughts on the sample counts?

Kenneth Jeyaretnam:
Well, obviously, you know, we were aware from the beginning that we saw this coming. Because we didn’t get the big influx of volunteers and helpers coming forward like we got in 2011, in fact, it was very quiet.

And eh…eh… we saw… Basically, we put this down to the novelty wearing off of a new party, but now I see it is absolutely nation-wide there’s been a huge swing to the PAP.

We weren’t helped by the fact that we lost Clementi, a ward in which we scored particularly highly in the last election.

What I can say is that this is not, as far as I’m concerned, this is not a mandate for the PAP’s economic policies. We had a better manifesto, a better economic plan. All this is a mandate for authoritarianism and brainwashing, it shows what you do when you control everybody’s housing, you control their savings, you control their jobs because you’re the major employer, you control all the media, and there’s no independent elections department.


What I see are similar margins in North Korea and China, it’s just like the Chinese Communist Party. 

And I guess Singaporeans get the government they deserve, so I don’t want to hear any more complaints.



How can any self-respecting, decent politician make such a ridiculous statement on national tv?

As a person who is trying to get themselves elected as a Member of Parliament to represent their constitutents, isn't it logical that you would want to know about the people's life and problems so that you, as an MP, can advocate and influence policy and laws on their behalf to improve things?

How are you going to do that if you do not want to "hear any complaints" simply because you believe that the Singaporeans have no choice but to suffer the consequences of their choice at the ballot box?


Source: The Mothership
http://mothership.sg/2015/09/reform-party-kenneth-jeyaretnam-what-i-see-are-similar-margins-in-north-korea-china/

Video of Interview :Channel News Asia
https://www.facebook.com/ChannelNewsAsiaSingapore/videos/10153136340652934/