After a police report was made against Raeesah Khan for her 2018 comments about the discrimination faced by minorities, a police report has now been made against the future Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat for his 2019 comments that older Singaporeans are not ready for a non-Chinese prime minister.
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GE2020: Pritam Singh Says Candidates Should Be Authentic and Upfront, Not Sanitise Their Past
WP's Sengkang candidate Raeesah Khan, the subject of police reports on her online posts about minority discrimination, has stepped forward to make an apology this evening. In great team spirit, WP Chief Pritam Singh stood by his decision to field her and confirmed she will continue with the campaigning.
Read More »Heng: Singaporeans Not Ready For Minorities Race PM
Heng Swee Keat has gone on record as openly saying that Singaporeans are not ready to accept a minority raced candidate as their Prime Minister. This, despite 53 years of nation building, emphasizing the point that Singapore is a multi-racial society. And despite the fact that it was Heng's own party who decided a Malay President should be at the forefront of Singapore itself.
Read More »GUY PICTURED IN THARMAN’S FB: I WASN’T THE ONE WHO ASKED HIM ABOUT GUTTER POLITICS
Guy who appeared on a picture on DPM Tharman's FB clarified that he was not the one who asked about gutter politics. However, he recalled asking about the EP and was not surprised when his question went unanswered.
Read More »DR CHEE: BY ALL MEANS LET’S CONTINUE TO HUMILIATE OUR MINORITIES
THE SAGA OVER the Elected Presidency (EP) has again, thanks to the Prime Minister, dredged up the hideous truth that our political system is indefensibly undergirded by racialist and racist thinking. The official line of the EP rhapsodised about the need for racial harmony and the safeguarding of multiculturalism. The truth, as everyone else who is not a party apparatchik knows, was about ensuring that only the most PAP-aligned of souls helmed the presidency.
Read More »SDP: IF WE WIN LAWSUIT, CALL FOR BY-ELECTION. IF WE LOSE, GRC SYSTEM IS MOOT
SDP's Bryan Lim assured netizens he will let the public know how PAP has time and again altered laws to its political advantage. He thinks it is PAP's loss if SDP loses the lawsuit too, as it shows the failure of its GRC system.
Read More »SDP FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST PAP GOVT FOR REFUSING TO CALL BY-ELECTION
The Singapore Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against the Government for not calling a by-election in the Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC after Halimah Yacob vacated her seat. The pre-trial conference will be on 9 Oct 2017.
Read More »MAJORITY CHINESE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STOP CLOSET RACISM, SO MUCH FOR EQUALITY?
A netizen thinks the majority in Singapore should be more committed to racial equality. She also raised the bigger question of why people are giving so much attention to the EP when they should be opposing the PM position instead, given that it is more politically significant and always held by a Chinese
Read More »FORMER NSP SEC-GEN: NONSENSICAL TO SAY NO NEED FOR BY-ELECTION!
Former National Solidarity Party Secretary-General Lim Tean finds it nonsensical that there is no By-Election after Halimah Yacob stepped down and insists it must be called.
Read More »NEW LAWS NEEDED FOR BY-ELECTION SO THAT GRC ENSURES MINORITY REPRESENTATION
A netizen disagrees that a by-election can only be called when all GRC members leave a constituency. Having a by-election in this case will mostly help maintain consistency and fairness of the GRC system in having at least a minority run it.
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