This latest regulation attracted instant and universal rejection by netizens. But is this simply a stupid decision on the part of a single Minister or someone at the MDA?
Or is it a case that the PAP has not learnt the errors of their way by misjudging the mood of the population?
I believe the answer is “No” to both questions. There are just a thousand days between now and the 2016 general elections.
With the way the public has responded to issues such as AIM, and the Population White Paper, there is no reason for the PAP to feel confident that they could do better in 2016 than in 2011; and the outcome of the by-elections at Punggol East was most worrying for them.
The erosion of public trusts in the PAP, and their elites does not come from any of the opposition parties, or the opposition MPs.
A new potent political force has emerged which is unprecedented in Singapore history. This force is far more radical, dynamic, reflective of the people’s mood, and certainly more threatening to the PAP than all the opposition parties combined. Full story
