He promised to make Bukit Batok the model town that will be the envy of Singapore.
He has no new proposals to make that is not already done. He is unable to say how he would make Bukit Batok the envy of Singapore.
But he kicked off his campaign with a demand: a demand for all the blueprints from URA and HDB for Bukit Batok.
And then he declared that if elected he would push for all of PAP's projects to be done in Bukit Batok.
Thus will Chee Soon Juan transform Bukit Batok into a model town - with PAP projects and plans.
Is Chee Soon Juan relevant to Bukit Batok then?
Does it make sense to take the PAP projects from a competent PAP town council to give to Chee Soon Juan to implement?
Then he declared that he would be a full-time MP.
He will be doing everything himself. He will not outsource anything, including help for residents.
He thinks working with voluntary welfare organizations is outsourcing help. Does he understand that needs can be very complex and often it takes a whole community to help people?
This leads you to wonder if he knows what helping people entails.
When you think that you can do away with a team, when you think that you can do away with voluntary welfare organisations, when you think that you alone will be able to help people, in all likelihood, you have never helped anyone before and you don't know what it takes to help people.
When you don't even begin to understand what it takes to help people, then clearly you are not a suitable person to help people.
He wants you to think that being a full-time MP will make him a great MP.
That's because he brings with him no contributions or ability that he can boast of that will make him the best person to run a town council, no relevant work experience he can draw on to convince you that he is the best candidate.
He thinks it is humanly impossible for anyone to hold a full time job and still be able to serve people well as an MP.
But what does he know about juggling different responsibilities and time management when he has no full-time job?
He forgets that all our ministers and ministers of state have a very heavy load at their various ministries and are still able to serve their residents well.
The measure of a good MP is not his first destination in the morning.
The measure of a good MP is firstly his integrity, ability, competency, dedication and time management, how sincere he is in serving people, how well he listen to his residents, how keen he is in discerning their needs and how creative and resourceful he is in rendering help, in mobilising volunteers and the community to come together to work for a good cause and more.
When caught in a difficult situation and having to give an answer STRAIGHTAWAY with no time to think of the best answer, Chee's first instinct is to lie.
On Nomination day, SDP had prematurely put up their banners before nomination was announced thus violating the rules of election, and had to take them down.
Instead of admitting that a mistake was committed, Chee Soon Juan said that he was 'just trying it out'.
That's just unbelievable! And re-LIAR-able as well.
It confirms that character is permanent.
If Chee Soon Juan really cares for the residents of Bukit Batok, why hasn't he come up with some plans for them?
Because by his own admission, his mission is to change the system in Singapore, to fight for his brand of liberal democracy.
In his own words, he is not interested in people. He is only interested in changing the system in Singapore.
In an interview with Zaobao in 2010, when asked if he regretted entering into politics, he said he had no regrets because fighting for democracy is 'bigger and pressing mission'.
This also explains why in all the elections in which he has contested, he has gone from constituency to constituency or GRC.
People are not his concern. Fighting for democracy is. The constituency or GRC is just a stepping stone for him to try to get into Parliament to achieve his mission.
This article missed out a few points:
ReplyDelete1. Dr Chee Soon Juan continues the projects that PAP had promised in the earlier GE. Besides, much of the estate upgrades are covered by the URA anyway. The projects should not be used as an incentive in this by-election.
2. The MPs are able to part-time since they outsourced the managing of the estates to profit driven companies.
3. The integrity of the PAP MPs should be reflected too. An example, Mr Murali told the residents in Bukit Batok of 1.9 million 3G park if only he is voted in and later retracted that "it's a town council run-project, it's not really dependant on whether the PAP wins or loses".
Precisely because he has no plans for Bukit Batok that he is implementing PAP projects. The PAP conceptualized the projects and he comes along and say, "Give me your projects to implement."
DeleteThe projects are part of the manifesto, what Murali will do for the residents. Every candidate has a duty to tell the people what he would do for them. You can call it carrot or promises. Voters must have a good reason for electing a candidate. There is nothing wrong with that.
Murali also stated the facts in Point 3. He told the residents that he has the mandate to implement the 1.9m project only if he is elected. This is because only the town council can implement the project. So if he is not elected, how can he implement the project?
Funding for the project does not depend on whether the party that runs the town council is PAP or not. In this respect Murali is also correct. If another party runs the town council then they will receive funds to implement the project if they want to implement the project.
So Murali's integrity is perfectly intact.
Strictly speaking, the estate upgrading is not part of his manifesto. And I agree with all your other points.
DeleteResponding to Jeromy:
1.the 1.9m NRP project is not under URA.
2.Not all PAP town councils are outsourced. Outsourcing responsibly actually brings better service and pricing as the competitive market forces vendors to do better.
3.Kampong kid's response apply.
Strictly speaking, the estate upgrading is not part of his manifesto. And I agree with all your other points.
DeleteResponding to Jeromy:
1.the 1.9m NRP project is not under URA.
2.Not all PAP town councils are outsourced. Outsourcing responsibly actually brings better service and pricing as the competitive market forces vendors to do better.
3.Kampong kid's response apply.