a watershed day for s'pore?
hmm perhaps not quite.. it's only the nomination day. depending on what happen tmr, perhaps the watershed day is 6th may.. haha.. even though PAP should still retain the rule, things will definitely change after this GE. watch out for the next one.. that is when change will be visible..
anyway, pple ask me why am i so interested in this GE? or in politics in particular? aren't you going to vote for the PAP, since u are a regular? hmm i was kinda shocked! not wanting to reveal who i'm voting (cos i haven't decided yet!!) i just kept quiet.. but it's sad that pple have this perception that we as "civil servants" (what a paradox! only in s'pore are military men considered to be in the civil service.. faintz..) have to vote for the ruling party, or risk having less opportunities to further our career.. what nonsense! voting should and must be secret what! haiz.. but can't blame them for this, the spirit of fear has permeated our society, and i shall not comment on the reasons behind it..
back to discussing the nomination day. it's less than 11 hours away, and ends.. almost 12 hours later! haha.. jason said this is probably the shortest nomination period in the human race.. a bit exaggerating it lar.. but it's kinda true. 10:30am to 12 noon, on the same day. even when i was running for union election, i think the nomination period was over a few days. over here on this sunny little island, there are so many obstacles to winning an elections, and it starts even b4 everything.. hmm maybe they should be described as roadhumps, if everything is done right, it should all go smoothly. eg, a lot of pple don't know that the nomination forms must be collected 2 days b4 nomination day. some parties nearly forgot.. if they can almost forget, then what abt those who intend to run as independents, and have no "supporting crew" to assist them in such admin matters? i won't be surprised if there are independent candidates who turn up at the nomination centres without the forms.. moreover, i think there are many details to fill in, plus they need to find enough nominators and seconders for that many candidates. remember, this yr there are a lot more opposition candidates running for elections. i believe there should be strict criteria to be nominators and seconders, dun think any tom dick or harry can be one.. so unless the parties already have pple on standby, i doubt they can find at such short notice.. 2 days! not to forget the election deposit of $13.5K.. that's almost half my annual salary..
and then there's a campaigning period of, what, 8 days? what are they expected to acheive in 8 days? the residents have to work in the day, and so rallying can only be done at night. and then the rally sites have to be booked first, which apparently there are PAP members who will queue overnight at cantonment complex so as to get the choicest dates and places.. (potong pasir has only one approved rallying site.) i had hoped to go watch a rally, but i think this is unlikely now. my last paper is on the 4th, my FYP presentation is on the 5th. 6th is already the polling itself..
anyway, i wish the opposition parties all the best.. with so much stacked against them, it's not hard to sympathize with them.. =)
anyway, pple ask me why am i so interested in this GE? or in politics in particular? aren't you going to vote for the PAP, since u are a regular? hmm i was kinda shocked! not wanting to reveal who i'm voting (cos i haven't decided yet!!) i just kept quiet.. but it's sad that pple have this perception that we as "civil servants" (what a paradox! only in s'pore are military men considered to be in the civil service.. faintz..) have to vote for the ruling party, or risk having less opportunities to further our career.. what nonsense! voting should and must be secret what! haiz.. but can't blame them for this, the spirit of fear has permeated our society, and i shall not comment on the reasons behind it..
back to discussing the nomination day. it's less than 11 hours away, and ends.. almost 12 hours later! haha.. jason said this is probably the shortest nomination period in the human race.. a bit exaggerating it lar.. but it's kinda true. 10:30am to 12 noon, on the same day. even when i was running for union election, i think the nomination period was over a few days. over here on this sunny little island, there are so many obstacles to winning an elections, and it starts even b4 everything.. hmm maybe they should be described as roadhumps, if everything is done right, it should all go smoothly. eg, a lot of pple don't know that the nomination forms must be collected 2 days b4 nomination day. some parties nearly forgot.. if they can almost forget, then what abt those who intend to run as independents, and have no "supporting crew" to assist them in such admin matters? i won't be surprised if there are independent candidates who turn up at the nomination centres without the forms.. moreover, i think there are many details to fill in, plus they need to find enough nominators and seconders for that many candidates. remember, this yr there are a lot more opposition candidates running for elections. i believe there should be strict criteria to be nominators and seconders, dun think any tom dick or harry can be one.. so unless the parties already have pple on standby, i doubt they can find at such short notice.. 2 days! not to forget the election deposit of $13.5K.. that's almost half my annual salary..
and then there's a campaigning period of, what, 8 days? what are they expected to acheive in 8 days? the residents have to work in the day, and so rallying can only be done at night. and then the rally sites have to be booked first, which apparently there are PAP members who will queue overnight at cantonment complex so as to get the choicest dates and places.. (potong pasir has only one approved rallying site.) i had hoped to go watch a rally, but i think this is unlikely now. my last paper is on the 4th, my FYP presentation is on the 5th. 6th is already the polling itself..
anyway, i wish the opposition parties all the best.. with so much stacked against them, it's not hard to sympathize with them.. =)
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