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Thursday, April 28, 2011 ( @ 8:47 pm ) My first thought when I saw the number of seats contested was, wow, isn't this a strong sign of discontentment? This is not america, we don't encourage free speech, and in all the years i grew up in singapore, i have never seen such a strong reaction from the public. It's like overnight, teams I have never even heard of suddenly appeared and indicated their interest in contesting for the different constituencies. Don't the government worry at all? From what I have read on Yahoo, it sounds as though the more they say, the more they are jeopardizing their own chances in the election. for me, the disillusionment started one to two years ago. it was gradual, but it happened. and if it happened to me, who used to be completely apathetic to politics, it will happen to many other Singaporeans. It actually looks as though it already did. I can't vote. I'm studying in Western Australia now. My only source of news is yahoo news. Imagine my surprise and occasional amusement when I read something about the elections, and I scroll down to the comments section to see the many derisive remarks. I wonder what will happen after 7 May. I'm not going to say who i would have voted for, if i have the chance to vote. i should reckon that it is clear. but hey, at least PAP knows that they have 5 seats for themselves. 5 seats out of 87 seats, i guess that in this elections, the 5 seats boost will be a big help to them. 3x3eunt. 0 comments |