OPINION: PM Lee must not be afraid to have a conversation


Singapore Democrats, 17 Sep 2012
The expose of PM Lee Hsien Loong's televised National Conversation with a group of individuals who are PAP members and affiliates is another blow to his initiative to reach out to Singaporeans.
A group of sharp-eyed bloggers has revealed that a number of those on the panel selected to participate in Channel News Asia's A Conversation with PM Lee were members of the PAP or part of the establishment.
Among them were: a YPAP member, a CCC patron, PAP Petir publishing committee member, a Woodland's PAP branch activist, a PAP member of the Kebun Baru branch and one who was helping with PAP's Hougang by-election campaign.
Singaporeans see through the facade and they are asking: What is the PAP trying to achieve? What good does such a staged event serve? Full story