Anwar Ibrahim on the Singapore election results
Anwar Ibrahim is the former Dy Prime Minister of Malaysia From Anwar Ibrahim, via e-mail Congratulations to the Workers’ Party and the other opposition parties of Singapore for their sterling performance in Saturday’s elections even as the PAP continues to maintain a stranglehold in Parliament with 81 out of 87 seats. However,...
GE 2011 post-mortem: What did the opposition do wrong?
GE 2011 is a watershed election in the history of Singapore. Though the PAP was returned to power with its two-third majority intact, its percentage of votes dropped to 60.1 percent, the lowest since Singapore's independence. It also lost a GRC for the first time since the system was introduced in 1988. Despite increasing their...
Why GRC system should be scrapped
The results of this general election have shown 3 facts: 1) With Mr. Michael Palmer winning Punggol East SMC, a minority candidate can still win. Singaporeans vote for the capabilities and passion of the candidate, not for which race they belong to. 2) Truly capable candidates are voted out in droves in a GRC system. We lost...
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