[CONSOLIDATED] Singapore General Election 2025 Discussion Thread

Top 4 agendas?

  • Immigration influx

    Votes: 469 54.8%

  • Cost of living/inflation

    Votes: 708 82.7%

  • Housing

    Votes: 384 44.9%

  • Lack of opposition in parliament

    Votes: 269 31.4%

  • Uncontested policy making by gahmen

    Votes: 343 40.1%

  • Lack of clear distinction between citizens/PR/permit workers

    Votes: 231 27.0%

  • Widening income gap

    Votes: 263 30.7%

  • Unemployment/Lack of opportunities for citizens

    Votes: 393 45.9%
  • Total voters
    856
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vegaspace said:
That's really funny! He whines so much about PAP but goes to them to express his worries about losing his deposit

What did he expect PAP to do? Console him? Campaign less so that Gilbert has a better chance of getting back the deposit?
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In case anyone has any doubt that this was legit …

https://www.todayonline.com/singapo...-fan-out-canvass-support-after-nomination-day

Later, at about 9.30am, the teams bumped into each other again at Punggol Plaza and Mr Teo and Peoples Voice candidate Gilbert Goh spoke briefly at a food court.

Mr Goh told reporters that during their conversation, he relayed his concerns to Mr Teo that Peoples Voice would lose their election deposit for the Pasir-Ris Punggol GRC contest.
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He ownself tell reporters that he go and tell What-Do-You-Think that he scareded will lose deposit 1 hor.
 
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https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/20...1b0-LA9EGV1wYqOp9w_aem_crE_BMWclOr3R1zcKgn0Cg

IN SINKIEBU I TRUST!!! :love:

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Food_Lover said:
It will take at least 15-20 years for WP to break PAP's supermajority in Parliament.

Till date, I am not sure why Singaporeans prefer to give PAP a supermajority in Parliament.

Singapore is an only country with ruling party constantly holding supermajority in Parliament since independent.

I agreed with Pritam said earlier this week. In the past, the founding PAP members want an Opposition presence in Parliament to check on the incumbent. But recently, PAP gave me a vibe that they want to win all seats if possible and do not care if there are no elected Opposition MPs in Parliament.
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Agreed on this aspect. As mentioned before in my opinion the main issue is not the political party in charge but the political system. Personally feel that it is extremely unhealthy for a political party to have an overwhelmingly majority.

PAP has e.g 55% - 60% of seats in Parliament instead of around 90% now, then they have no choice but to listen to the people as they have to seek a compromise with the other parties to pass through bills, etc.




Take Japan's current ruling party for example, now Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) only has 41% of the seats (Their coalition with Komeito together is 46%, but they are technically an alliance of 2 different parties whose views are quite different) but they are still the ruling party cuz they hold the most seats.

This kind of structure will lead to the different political parties being forced to listen to the people, due to the fact that no one party has the overwhelming majority to pass bills on their own thus they need to seek a compromise down the middle.



Technically, PAP can still be the ruling party even when they hold 60% or more seats but unable to pass through bills on their own because they do not have 2/3 of majority seats.

Personally feel that this kind of political structure is more suitable for SG, over the years PAP has passed through bills such as increase in GST/Medisave/CPF, COE, HDB-related policies (including BTO), POFMA, and Manpower-related policies (including CECA and other Free-Trade Deals), etc. unopposed due to the fact that they hold close to 90% of seats.

WP and PSP's presence were unable to stop them. Thus, a Proportional Representational system kind of voting system is able to reflect popular sentiments more accurately (based on voting shares, etc.)
 
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Shion said:

Perm sec Jeffrey Siow resigns; most senior civil servant to step down ahead of GE2025 so far​


https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...or-civil-servant-to-step-down-ahead-of-ge2025
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so many prepare for GE.

Jeffrey Siow is a Sr MS material lah​


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Earlier on March 25, ST reported that Ms Goh Hanyan, a director overseeing Singapore’s Smart Nation and artificial intelligence (AI) policies, had resigned and is set to join politics.

Ms Goh, a director in the Smart Nation Strategy Office and the national AI group for policy and strategy in the Ministry of Digital Development and Information, will leave the service on April 3.

ST had earlier reported on the resignations of deputy secretary Jasmin Lau from the Ministry of Health and Mr Foo Cexiang, a director from the Ministry of Transport.
 
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My area advisor only visited my block once for a decade.
It was always before the campaign.
And not after the campaign finished.
After the campaign, he is only seen as VVVIP for the festive events.
 
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