Election Jibe
Thousands of people attended large rallies of the opposition Workers' party that were pointedly underplayed by the media. The PAP's share of the vote fell to 66 per cent from 75 per cent in 2001. More significantly, in his multi-candidate constituency Lee Hsien Loong was challenged by a group of Workers' party candidates in their twenties and - unusually for a sitting prime minister - did worse than the PAP as a whole.
Mr Lee said his new leadership team would "see Singapore through the next 15 to 20 years", although the electoral mandate is only for five. He may learn that five years can be a long time in politics, even in PAP-ruled Singapore.
Financial Times
May 8, 2006
Heh, and remember Mr Lim Boon Heng's high 80s election hope for Ang Mo Kio GRC? His fateful interview is now immortalized on YouTube.
Credits to SG Rally and Singapore Window
posted by Kelvin Lim at 11:56 pm
6 Comments:
It's so blatantly obvious that the people were voting against the PM in retaliation over certain remarks etc...
But what if the plan backfires? LOL
65% is "high"
alright, as long as it's passed 50%, it's high.
Haha. Won't backfire one lah.
Majority of Singaporeans are kiasee, impossible to swing the other way.
And yea! If the PM, SM and MM says it's high, you better agree with it. Or else...
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