Fears of a Black Swan in Singapore General Election 2011

[lonewolf]

Congrats to the Worker's Party for an election well fought and well won. Personally I do not agree with some its manifesto but that's what happened in a democracy, you live by the decision of the majority vote. I did not vote for WP when I was in Hougang and even though I lived under WP for > 10 yrs, there was not a lot of difference. Life goes on.

WP has 5 years now to prove themselves to be an alternative party (I always dislike the negative connotation of the term opposition party), I really hope they carry out what they set out to do. I do not want to see a passive team of opposition MP sitting in parliament doing nothing. And then saying, there was nothing much I can do anyway. The WP now has 6 members and possibly another 2 NCMP. Sure the number is still too small to do much or make a difference when it comes to voting on bills etc.. but I want to see them try.

Slyvia Lim says WP does not want to oppose for the sake of opposing. I want to see that and if the PAP policies makes sense, then they should come out to support it. There's nothing to stop them from filing motions to make changes to policies they strongly believe in. Let see if they do what they will say they do. The spotlight is very much on the WP just as much as it is on the PAP.