Singapore a clean state?

Singapore Democrats, 25 Sep 2008

Over the past few days, we have been questioning surveys conducted by international organisations that laud the PAP-system and that Government officials and their affiliates keep citing.

We have raised the issue that some of these organisations may have a vested interest in continuing to rate highly an undemocratic, non-transparent and non-accountable system such as the one imposed on Singapore by Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

We turn our attention to Transparency International (TI). Like the World Bank and the Political Economic Risk Consultancy, TI has had many sweet things said about it by Mr Lee. It was a hot topic during the defamation hearing between the Minister Mentor and Dr Chee Soon Juan.

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