for those who dunno anything abt this yr's election, i shall give u peeps a brief summary.. wil try to keep my personal views to myself.. i dun wanna get sued.. hahaha..
1st of all.. one impt thing to note is tt our PM, lee, juz took over as PM.. therefore his performance wil be sort of evaluated based on this election..when former PM, goh, juz took over.. PAP won most seats in e parliment by an average of ard 61%.. den in 2001.. which is e last election.. still under goh.. PAP won by an average of ard 75%.. wif weak oppositions tt is..
tis time round.. WP is very stong.. e chief mr low.. has been e elected candidate for hougang for abt 15 yrs.. won 3 elections in a row.. last election he won marginally.. which gave PAP some confidence of getting him out.. wif e pressure of less funds for ungrading in hougang(dirty tricks of PAP), many tot low wil lose hougang.. but still he won!! by a greater margin this time as compared to 2001.. he won 60 over per cent of e votes!!! super impressive for an opposition.. it juz goes to prove tt ppl still vote according to wat they tink is gd for e town n e c'try.. having an opposition voice in e parliment.. n wil not b easily swayed by some promises tt was delibrately made unfulfillable under low.. n tink tt by doin so they can win over votes.. so sorrie but sporeans r not tt naive n ignorant..
den e aljunied GRC.. WP had 40% of e votes.. PAP's win was so marginal.. coz according to analysts.. e PAP brand equity constitutes to ard 10% of e votes.. so in other words.. they won becoz of their strong brand image.. omg.. WP is so strong.. no wonder PAP was so afraid of them.. rem they kicked a big fuss over e gomez guy?? n commented tt tis WP candidate has no integrity etc.. to tink they actuallie resort to such underhand means showed tt they r afraid n insecure.. who is e one wif no integrity??
n den.. e surprising things is.. our dearest lee onli won by 66%.. v low margin for an PM.. again its WP contesting against PAP.. best!! n in e victory speech he gave.. he still thank e residents for e support so much so tt PAP could win wif HIGH margin.. omg wat a joke.. 66% is not high for an PM can!! buey pai seh leh..
den e SDA.. mr chiam was in potong pasir for 22 yrs.. omg.. won 4 elections.. plus this one.. he's won 5 in a row!!! again not much facilities provided.. no lifts to every storey.. but still he won by e greater margin as compared to 2001 as well like mr low.. he is SDA's onli hope.. n he didnt disappoint!!! super well done!! i love residents of potong pasir!!! i feel so proud of u!!
so e conclusion?? even wif SM goh gg down to give speeches.. guarantees based on his goodwill etc.. ppl still chose an opposition.. wat does tis imply?? goh not influential enuff?? i reallie dun noe.. mayb young voters tend to vote for opposition?? becoz as e 3rd generation they hav not been thru hardships tt their parents n grandparents went thru?? tt's y they dun understand e importance of a homogeneous voice in e parliment?? they dun understand wat it feels like to b carry flags outside e parliment every sunday?? racial riots?? n tt's y MM lee conducted a dialouge session wif young ppl to win their votes?? well.. tt's up to u peeps to interpret.. im not sure either..
on top of these.. i tink mr chia.. who competed in cck did v well too.. as he also won 40 over per cent of e votes.. he is a strong candidate as well.. however.. i tink alot of ppl had not gotten over his scandal some yrs back.. in which he took nude pics of himself.. n nude pics of his maid.. correct me if im wrong.. coz personally i dunno abt tis scandal.. i onli started reading papers n get myself involved in current affairs recently.. haha..
den e SDP.. becoz of former SDP candidate mr xu.. e reputation of tis opposition was tarnished n yes.. they din get any seats in e parliment.. but tis was quite expected.. den there is this guy.. who contested in bt panjang i tink.. he complained abt having too many lamps in e poll station.. tink he's frm SDP.. correct me if im wrong.. coz im not v sure.. haha.. well he's abit of a sore loser..
lastly.. e remaining 82 seats outta e 84.. were all taken by PAP.. tt's all for e results..
my personal opinion is tt e result of this election has sent a v strong signal to PAP.. there's still more to wat they've been doin to win votes.. as ppl get more educated n less conventional.. they wld wan something diff.. they understand e inefficiencies of having a monopoly.. they c e need for competition.. PAP shld reallie tink abt these issues.. like how to convince young voters..
alritey.. im tired.. too much of politics.. i hope it's up to ur expectations coz i sorta built up e expectation in my previous entry.. whahahaha.. nitey!!
