How is the Haze (which is caused by Indonesia) linked to the Singapore election results or the fact that 69.9% of Singaporeans voted for PAP?
Image Source: Fabrications Led by Opposition Parties (FLOP)
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This one is even more absurd.
How does a case of criminal intimidation / lovers-dispute related to the election results?
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If you don't already know, the origins of the opposition's latest catch-phrase used to label any negative event or news, regardless of whether it has anything to do with the GE2015 results or the PAP government, was started by the Singapore's worst sore loser of GE2015 - 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.
GE2015 Election Results for West Coast GRC:
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
Overall, Reform Party performed worst than their GE2011 results, showing a decrease of 11.18% of votes received.
This was what Jeyaretnam said when asked to comment by CNA’s reporter:
Here’s the interview transcribed: (See video here)
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.
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.
Sources:
The Mothership
http://mothership.sg/2015/09/reform-party-kenneth-jeyaretnam-what-i-see-are-similar-margins-in-north-korea-china/
Video of CNA Interview: Channel News Asia
GE 2015 Election Results
http://graphics.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/Interactives/singapore-general-election/2015-live-election-results/index.html
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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 constituents, 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 (of voting for PAP rather than you) at the ballot box?
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