'Singaporeans want an opposition to check the PAP,' he says
“Singaporeans want an opposition to check the PAP because, in their heart of hearts, we all know that ‘ownself check ownself’ is not realistic,” said Mr Singh.“Secondly, it is in our collective self-interest that no one party can amend the Constitution, the highest law of our land, at will.“Thirdly, in the same vein as the Prime Minister alluded to in his speech in this debate, Singapore’s future is not a given.
Mr Singh also said on April 20 that he “did not expect the DPM to use his speech on the President’s Address to attack and accuse the Workers’ Party” of this, adding that the PAP had shifted its position on Thursday when Education Minister Ong Ye Kung “conceded that the Workers’ Party had brought up many good ideas”.
“If chipping away at trust in the Government was our real agenda, we would not see the Minister for National Development acknowledging the Workers’ Party point highlighting the inherent inequity of HDB taxpayer subsidies as currently applied between mature and non-mature BTO flats
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