Tan Chuan-Jin doin’ it right online

Tan Chuan Jin has come across as part of the new gen­er­a­tion of “sen­si­tive leader”, prefer­ing to work the ground than adhere purely to party­lines. I hope that his ideals will not be com­pro­mised as he pur­sues this path with the establishment.

My biggest con­cern though is how PAP is pos­tur­ing that with an increased in Oppo­si­tion pres­ence in Par­lia­ment that there will be chaos and dis­unity. Min­is­ter Ray­mond Lim and Lim Swee Say has painted a bleak pic­ture of “Rojak” poli­cies and pur­su­ing par­ti­san inter­ests at the expense of the people’s inter­est. Per­son­ally, I fail to under­stand why should the Oppo­si­tion not be com­pelled to as noble a cause of serv­ing the peo­ple as PAP? The noble cause of serv­ing the peo­ple of Sin­ga­pore should unify all par­ties and MUST BE the guid­ing prin­ci­ple for each elected Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment. In fact, the Opposition’s many years of ensur­ing there is a chal­lenge against the estab­lish­ment serves as a con­stant reminder that they do stick ot their ideals, espe­cially when it is wrought with hard­ship and the risk of per­sonal persecution.

Based on the events of the cam­paign­ing, a bal­ance of power in Par­lia­ment is sorely needed.