With the general election bound to be announced any time soon, now is a good time for all of Singapore to reflect on the achievements of the PAP over the last 4+ years. If I were lucky enough to meet the PM or his father Minister Mentor Lee the question I would ask is "What achievements can you point to over the last parliament that you are most proud of? What have you done to deserve to be re-elected by the Singaporean people?"
I'm afraid I'm hard pressed to imagine a good answer to that. We've seen the financial crisis hammer Singapore; a better late than never bounce back, the magnitude of which was only impressive in so far as it was a recovery from a huge drop in GDP; the three times over-budget YOG, to which most Singaporeans were either apathetic to or outright annoyed about; the huge security lapse in letting Singapore's most wanted criminal escape to Malaysia ... the list of failings goes on and on, while the achievements are hard to think of.
But unfortunately, with the Singapore press being wholly controlled by the PAP, it's pretty much impossible to imagine that we'll ever get a straight answer to this question, because all journalists know that asking difficult questions is a bad career move, and writing a negative article is pretty much asking to be sacked, or worse, sued for defamation and financially ruined.
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