Sgpolitics.net, 23 May 2012The PAP is up to its usual bag of tricks again. When the campaign for Hougang began, Mr Desmond Choo, the PAP candidate, promised a clean fight. What he did not promise however, was that his fellow PAP ministers would also fight fairly. It is disingenuous that the dirty work of smearing the opposition has been left to his colleagues while he preserves his clean image.
This was the same tactic used on James Gomez in the 2006 general elections. The last few days saw an intensive smear campaign, which was throttled only because of backlash from the ground.
This time round, the smear campaign by the PAP machinery is directed at Png Eng Huat’s stand on the NCMP issue and whether or not he was on the party ballot for the NCMP post. The fact that this is completely irrelevant to the needs and aspirations of Hougang residents has escaped the PAP.
The Straits Times, leader of PAP propaganda, has joined in the smear campaign by publishing an unflattering image of WP leaders at the rally on Tuesday night, together with the headline: “Workers’ Party faces allegations of dishonesty”. Full story
