The Singapore gahmen

The Singapore's general elections is just around the corner and I'm wondering how many votes the PAP will get.

For a country that doesn't have a good opposition and also where the PAP always wins with a landslide (65% and over votes), a drop in the number of people voting for the PAP will really send a clear message to them that the Singapore population is not happy about the oppression that we are still facing, even though we are suppose to be a 'first world' country.

Some can say that we are still a young nation (40 yrs) and have to slowly 'let go' but then again, if we can reach the status of 'first world' in that short time, why can’t we be more open about rights? There is so little that we really ask of and yet the way the PAP says it, it is as if we are asking for the world. They still don't trust the Singapore people, still believing that we are mere children who cannot think for ourselves.

The rights that I would like to see is

• No censorship, except for pornography (this I can understand even though I might not agree with it)


• True freedom of speech and the press, where the people of Singapore are also part of the checks and balances of the government


• Repel of section 377, as it really serves no purpose when we have other laws against sex crimes


• An open election system, NO GRCs (to keep the PAP in power) and no such strict criteria for a person to run for president (thrust Singaporeans, god damn it!)

The PAP is so worried about losing the votes of the 'conservatives' in the country but what about the votes of the people who don't fall under that definition. I'm not using liberal because a person who believes in the rights of the people might not consider himself/herself as a liberal.

As more and more Singaporeans become dissatisfied with the ‘oppression’ they are facing, I wonder how long it will take for the PAP to realise that they are loosing the trust and support of the people. Bread and butter issues are important but now we want more and isn’t it time for us to get the jam? I also wonder with more Singaporeans having studied and lived aboard, how many of them would want their rights taken away from them when they return?

Is the PAP really listening? Or are we still being ignored as insignificant (children are meant to be seen and not heard)? *sigh*