Post elections thoughts

And so, the long elections weekend is over. It's been a good year for PAP, clinching almost 70% of national votes. However, that does not mean that they should rest on their laurels, instead they are supposed to be working even harder to meet to the demands of the citizens. On the other hand, it's a devastating year for the opposition parties. The best performing one, WP, only managed 57% in Hougang and 51% in Aljunied, signifying a wake-up call to them.

"The 2011 elections was a wake-up call to the PAP.

The 2015 elections is a wake-up call to the opposition."

With that said, I can bravely conclude that the strength of the silent majority should not be underestimated. The crowds at the WP rallies ultimately did not translate to votes, possibly because they are the same people over and over again; or they could be people from constituencies where the WP are not contesting in. Hence, the stark difference in actual votes and "perceived" votes. However, with that said, living in an opposition GRC did not change my life any better or worse the past 4 years. True, people may argue that oppositions do not have much power in the parliament. However, it's the case whereby I don't even see Sylvia's face during her term of office, and if I don't see her, how would she know what my family needs? Well obviously, one flaw in the opposition parties is probably their area of focus. Their ideas and proposals are very tempting for the lower - middle class residents, with more subsidies and lower costs of living. However, all these actually to translate to higher taxes to be borne by the middle - upper class residents. This could also potentially be one of their downfalls.

In addition, being in parliament also means that you must be ready to represent Singapore in the international stage. However, quoting opposition leader LTK, "WP's aim is for opposition voice in the parliament, we have no intention to take over." Coupled with the fact that most of them have trouble presenting themselves decently, and their poor command of English, how do you think Singaporeans feel handing their country over to them to run? Singapore leaders are well respected all over the world, I can't imagine replacing any one of them with one of the jokers at the current stage. My prediction is that people would lose their respect they have for us, diplomatic ties may be strained, and worse case scenario, an economic downturn leading to foreign investors pulling out from our country. When that happens, it will be too late to get the PAP back into power, won't it?

To me, I don't see any problem to have oppositions in our parliament, however, we should only allow a maximum of 10% seats to them. I acknowledge that they do act upon the people's needs and voicing them out in parliament for discussion sake, however, having too many will probably hamper our policy making decisions, which I believe would ultimately have an adverse effect of us.