Saturday, April 29, 2006
Oppposition lacks "intellectual content", Singapore's Lee says
Minister Mentor and former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew says the opposition to his People's Action Party aren't qualified to hold office. According to Lee, who has totally dominated Singaporean politics for 50 years, the opposition has no business knowledge, no economics know-how.
The opposition parties, working under tight campaign restrictions, have managed to contest over half the seats in Parliament for the first time in nearly 20 years, but Lee is not satisified, saying "If you want to play your role, you come out with 84 candidates equal to the PAP’s and say we can form an alternative government that will be better than the PAP."
In a statement a bit more naked than most politicians dare, Lee added, " If you have a flood, just think carefully who is more likely to get the drainage put right and the flood alleviated as quickly as possible. A PAP candidate with links to the minister, and the Prime Minister? Or a non-PAP candidate who has become an MP like in Potong Pasir or Hougang, and has to manage on his own."
Ah democracy. So chaotic and confusing. What's a voter to do?
The opposition parties, working under tight campaign restrictions, have managed to contest over half the seats in Parliament for the first time in nearly 20 years, but Lee is not satisified, saying "If you want to play your role, you come out with 84 candidates equal to the PAP’s and say we can form an alternative government that will be better than the PAP."
In a statement a bit more naked than most politicians dare, Lee added, " If you have a flood, just think carefully who is more likely to get the drainage put right and the flood alleviated as quickly as possible. A PAP candidate with links to the minister, and the Prime Minister? Or a non-PAP candidate who has become an MP like in Potong Pasir or Hougang, and has to manage on his own."
Ah democracy. So chaotic and confusing. What's a voter to do?
Lee Kuan Yew | Campaign News | Singapore Elections | PAP
# posted @ 1:41 PM 
