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Post by markgoodair on Jun 24, 2020 17:53:36 GMT
Singapore will hold its next General Election on July 10th. Nominations close 30th June.
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johng
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Post by johng on Jun 24, 2020 18:53:27 GMT
I'm going to guess that PAP will win an overall majority....
Surely this should be filed under electoral type event?
I love Singapore and it has many great attributes. Democracy isn't one of them.
The only election that has ever come anywhere near close to the preferred candidate not winning was the 2011 presidential election. Even then, as a presidential candidate, he was vetted. They changed the constitution so he couldn't run again in 2017.
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Georg Ebner
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Post by Georg Ebner on Jun 27, 2020 14:03:24 GMT
Surely this should be filed under electoral type event? I love Singapore and it has many great attributes. Democracy isn't one of them. There seems to be no systematical fraud; the media might be free to say, what they want (certain commentaries causing certain consequences, of course) - so a liberal democracy from a purely legalistic point of view... |
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Post by johng on Jun 27, 2020 14:37:53 GMT
Surely this should be filed under electoral type event? I love Singapore and it has many great attributes. Democracy isn't one of them. There seems to be no systematical fraud; the media might be free to say, what they want (certain commentaries causing certain consequences, of course) - so a liberal democracy from a purely legalistic point of view... The media is essentially wholly controlled by the government. The state (and PAP) runs through every facet of life. Temasek Holdings and GIC essentially *are* the economy. Constituencies that vote for opposition politicians get reduced investment in comparison to those who vote for PAP.
Candidates must run as part of a team in each constituency removing the ability of independents and small parties to run.
There are multiple lawsuits and corruption charges laid upon opposition politicians which are politically motivated. Presidential candidates are vetted before they can appear on the ballot. There are draconian laws that are arbitrarily changed and applied to the opposition's disadvantage. If that's your definition of liberal democracy... |
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Post by Merseymike on Jun 27, 2020 14:42:04 GMT
There seems to be no systematical fraud; the media might be free to say, what they want (certain commentaries causing certain consequences, of course) - so a liberal democracy from a purely legalistic point of view... The media is essentially wholly controlled by the government. The state (and PAP) runs through every facet of life. Temasek Holdings and GIC essentially *are* the economy. Constituencies that vote for opposition politicians get reduced investment in comparison to those who vote for PAP.
Candidates must run as part of a team in each constituency removing the ability of independents and small parties to run.
There are multiple lawsuits and corruption charges laid upon opposition politicians which are politically motivated. Presidential candidates are vetted before they can appear on the ballot. There are draconian laws that are arbitrarily changed and applied to the opposition's disadvantage. If that's your definition of liberal democracy... Japan is much the same. The constituencies are overwhelmingly drawn to favour the rural areas where the LDP dominate. |
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Post by greenhert on Jun 27, 2020 15:27:35 GMT
There is also considerable malapportionment in Japanese constituencies, with many urban constituencies containing five times the electorate of rural constituencies in Japan. Malaysia's electoral malapportionment is even worse.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Jun 27, 2020 18:29:39 GMT
There seems to be no systematical fraud; the media might be free to say, what they want (certain commentaries causing certain consequences, of course) - so a liberal democracy from a purely legalistic point of view... The media is essentially wholly controlled by the government. The state (and PAP) runs through every facet of life. Temasek Holdings and GIC essentially *are* the economy. Constituencies that vote for opposition politicians get reduced investment in comparison to those who vote for PAP.
Candidates must run as part of a team in each constituency removing the ability of independents and small parties to run.
There are multiple lawsuits and corruption charges laid upon opposition politicians which are politically motivated. Presidential candidates are vetted before they can appear on the ballot. There are draconian laws that are arbitrarily changed and applied to the opposition's disadvantage. If that's your definition of liberal democracy... Was my "purely legalistic p.o.v." not clear enough? |
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Post by markgoodair on Jun 30, 2020 12:22:14 GMT
For the second straight General Election (GE), Singapore will see all parliamentary seats being contested, with 192 candidates from 11 political parties filing nomination papers on Tuesday (30 June).
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Post by greenhert on Jun 30, 2020 20:03:38 GMT
For the second straight General Election (GE), Singapore will see all parliamentary seats being contested, with 192 candidates from 11 political parties filing nomination papers on Tuesday (30 June). And this time there are only two three-cornered contests; Pioneer SMC (third candidate is an Independent), and Pasir-Ris-Punggol GRC (Desmond Lim's SDA refused to cooperate with the WP's anti-PAP pacts). |
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Post by markgoodair on Jul 10, 2020 11:20:38 GMT
Polls close at 8pm today.
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Post by markgoodair on Jul 10, 2020 12:23:03 GMT
Polls close at 8pm today. Polling extended to 10 pm due to queuing Who benefits from this ? The PAP or Opposition? |
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Post by greenhert on Jul 10, 2020 12:38:43 GMT
The PAP, in all likelihood, not that it matters much except possibly in Aljuned GRC, the only Singaporean GRC not held by the PAP.
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Post by johng on Jul 10, 2020 13:22:03 GMT
Who benefits from high turnout? PAP
Who benefits from normal turnout? PAP
Who benefits from low turnout? PAP
Welcome to Singapore!
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Post by markgoodair on Jul 10, 2020 17:41:51 GMT
Looking like the Workers Party have taken 2 seats giving them 10MP's .
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Post by greenhert on Jul 10, 2020 21:24:34 GMT
West Coast GRC and East Coast GRC came reasonably close to electing non-PAP MPs (PAP margin of victory <10%), as were Bukit Patok and Bukit Panjang SMCs. A significant crack has been made in the PAP's political grip on Singapore.
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Post by greenhert on Jul 10, 2020 21:25:12 GMT
Looking like the Workers Party have taken 2 seats giving them 10MP's . Namely Sengkang GRC and Hougang SMC. Their majority in Aljuned GRC also increased to nearly 20% over the PAP. |
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