Hmm... I'm not sure what's going on in Chee Soon Juan's head. The pic above is simply my speculation.
But if he hasn't realised, the Bukit Batok By-Elections has already finished, and he lost despite having the most favourable conditions for an opposition party to win the BE.
Perhaps he's in self-denial.
In any case, SDP / Chee called for a Press-Conference at 4pm on 14 May. And apparently they only sent the e-invite out at around 1.24am on the same day.
Damn weird right? I mean.. By-Elections are over for almost a week plus already. Chee 'conceded' defeat. So what other big news could SDP have to announce? Chee Soon Juan's resignation as Gen-Sec of SDP? hahahaha...
Anyway, it turns out to be that Chee Soon Juan wants to
Strange right? BE was concluded on 7 May.
If you felt that Lina Chiam's remarks were unfair or incorrect, should this have been best addressed BEFORE the BE was over? Why did SDP / Chee wait until 14 May to have a Press-conference to clarify this matter?
In any case, Lina Chiam responded to SDP's press-conference.
You can read these two blogs which have excellent writeups of
It's clear that this won't be the last we hear of the matter. More fireworks will be seen when Mr Chiam See Tong's latest biography is released.
Background reading:
Chiam spoke to the press at length about the reasons for his resignation.
He revealed that some of the party leaders were not credible, whilst others were motivated by self-interest.
In particular, he commented on one of the members, Mr. Wong Hong Toy’s criminal record and Dr. Chee’s dismissal from NUS for misappropriation of research funds.
He spoke of how Mr. Ling and Mr. Cheo Chai Chen (who were then party Members of Parliament for Bukit Gombak and Nee Soon Central), were running town councils like their own “little kingdoms”.
In making the SDP’s case for more health subsidies to a Parliamentary Select Committee in 1996, he had relied on figures about healthcare spending which showed that it had come down from 40 per cent in 1970 to just 5 per cent in 1990. He had to concede that there was an error. Somehow a ‘2’ had been dropped from 25 per cent. He said it was a “typo”. The question then was whether it was a genuine mistake or done maliciously to make the G look bad. The committee, rightly or wrongly, decided that he made up the figure and he was fined $25,000 for Contempt of Parliament.
Nonetheless, I cannot say the same for Dr Chee who became the lone voice of the 4 SDP representatives there. My observation of Dr Chee was that he twisted his answers. He often deviated from the matters discussed, blamed others. He was dishonest in his answers and he did not observe the Select Committee proceedings. He often condemned the panel members. In short, he appeared to be playing politics through his answers. His conduct made it necessary for the Chairman of the Select Committee, Mr Tan Soo Khoon, to warn him on several occasions.'
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