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11/04/2014
Aljunied GRC – Who will be sacrificed?
Aljunied is going to be the most feared GRC in the next GE. Who would PAP send to do battle against the WP? Whoever they are going to send would be most revealing of what is in the PAP’s mind. For instance, if they think it is a goner, they may send in a kucing kurap team of newbies and those that can be sacrificed like what the opposition commando squad sent to Teck Ghee with little chances of success. Not sending a team is not acceptable.
If they are very confident of taking back Aljunied, they would definitely put in a very strong team to mean business provided the biggies would not be risked in a losing battle.
The problem is that they are not sure. Then how? Would any minister be gungho enough to volunteer to take Aljunied? Or shall I rephrase that, would any minister be stupid enough to want to go to Aljunied? Or if there is no volunteer, who is going to decide the team to go to Aljunied, and how many ministers or ministers of state would be put in jeopardy?
Whoever is being asked to go to Aljunied is not going to be happy. Maybe they would draw lots to see who would be fielded, after taking out the few that should not be risked. I think this is going to be a very difficult task for Hsien Loong or whoever is tasked to be the strategist and to do the allocation. Then there will also be the two single wards to face the same problem. But in the case of single wards the PAP could be dealing with smaller fries or newcomers, so not too stressful.
It is when a minister or a few ministers of state would be arrowed to do battle in Aljunied that it would become a problem. Would any of them decline to go? Would any minister threaten to resign if directed to go to Aljunied?
Never has PAP faced with such a difficult position and dilemma. Tough. Why must there be an Aljunied? What if after the next GE there were more Aljunieds?
PS. The last team that contested Aljunied had two ministers, a parliamentary secretary and a minister in waiting. Watch out for Redbean’s choice for PAP’s Dream Team in Aljunied.
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Aiyah... the dream team
ReplyDeleteHo jInx
Hongyi
Descendants of ... famous ex papigs ministers, illustrious head of states etc
Some more,... put living zombie as honorable consultant emeritius mentor defacto cunleedate
sure win ... boh beh choa ....
Why u so sure Aljunied will still be a GRC in next GE? Or even Hougang and Ponggol East as SMC for that matter?
ReplyDeleteRemember what happened to Cheng San GRC after GE 1997? Or much earlier Anson after GE 1984?
So don't assume. And also don't forget, like one smart commenter said, if WP wins, PAP wins.
So doesn't really matter who PAP is sacrificing in Aljunied, assuming the GRC remain in next GE.
Aiyoh, just send in Zorro and his gang. Sure win one.
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ReplyDeleteHow about George?
I won't be surprised if they send George and new team
back to Aljunied and try to win it back.
You never know! Never say impossible!
Cheers.
Maybe the PM should go to Aljunied to contest in order to let Singaporeans to decide whether they want him to continue to be the PM. That will be very interesting!
ReplyDeleteAfter all, during the last election, 2 opposition leaders vacated their safe seats to cross to another untested grounds to contest. Maybe our PM should show us if he is that brave!
IMO, it is good to not contest Aljunied. Contest Punggol East as this will show that PAP new candidates are still willing to take on opposition in single seat wards and have people make choices.
ReplyDeleteOn one hand, leaving out Aljunied may appear to be a cowardly approach. But on the other hand, its good strategy. You avoid going head to head with the WP dream team. You take the conversation away from people like LTK and Sylvia.
And more importantly, you silently endorse the WP as "acceptable" opposition that you will not contest. There will be some who see it that way. There will now be a guaranteed opposition in parliament, and the more neutral voters might decide to build on WP's presence by voting selectively in other wards. It is not so much about choosing "any" opposition but more about building the "acceptable" one. This means that useless parties like SDA, RP and even SPP will stand even less chance than before.
Even better, what if PAP stops contesting Aljunied by some other opposition party tries to fight the WP there? With the kind of "unity" we have among oppies, its not impossible, and then PAP can sit back and watch the show.
Not only that, PAP nearly lost East Coast too. Having scrapped their faked talent at the bottom of the barrel, every ministers count and LHL will have to tempt them with more obscene pay to bring in more people like our "dignified" Lim Wee Kiat calibre type of highly paid people. Oh, I do hope LHL contest in Aljunied GRC or Low Thia Kiang go over to AMK. It will be the battle closely watched internationally because Singaporeans' confidence in our PM has reached all time low.
ReplyDeleteAiyoh, why so stupid. Aljunied to be carved up into single man wards. End of story.
ReplyDeleteIf they cannot win it clean, they always play dirty. But they always claim they are clean. You decide.
ReplyDeleteThey already do so much plastic surgery, carving those areas with huge PAP support, and grafted them onto Ang Mo Kio. No way that LHL will leave AMK after having said to increase his percentage of popular votes there. I would classify that claim as a 'freak' improvement over the previous election.
ReplyDeleteStill believe in election? Those boxes can be switched easily lah. This tactic employed all over the world. Nothing new.
ReplyDeletepap should send in their dream team "sure win" of LHL, KBW, VB, Intan.
ReplyDeletecan't possibly lose to WP. Right?
Zorro will poke poke with his toothpicks and the oppo would ouch ouch.
ReplyDeleteRb...
ReplyDeleteU acting like papigs leh
See manlee posts disapppearing into thin air, machiam magic shows
U give mata mata our IP address anot?
Is raymond the mirror of u?
Dun knock the trading desk ... ok?
I did not delete any post. Don't understand what you are saying.
ReplyDeleteWhy are you so concern about the IP addresses?
Omfg ... so scarilee leh...
DeleteEither ur blog is hijacked or some1 tracking comments make here
if dun ask how to know the truth
Maybe u r here to fish us out .. neBer kNow leh
U wanna to c screenshoots? But then nid 2 sent email ... haha
I had some comments gone missing after they were published for hours and even days at various blogsites.
ReplyDeleteDo not think they were deleted by the Respective Bloggers.
A friend faced similar problems lately including not able to make comments from our smartphones.
Anyone knows if there are folks and or organizations out there that can waylay/intercept or hijack electronic communications?
What do you think?
DeleteWhich wise man said this words?
So scarlee u know ....
PAP may break up Aljunied GRC for better winning chance. The current PAP dares to do anything whether ruthless or shameless, they don't care!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect from a group of shameless thugs?
The best cannon folder from PAP is of course Tin Rin Rin! Where can you find better cannon folder than this?
By the next GE, PAP biggest problem is not trying to win back Aljunied GRC, but to prevent losing of more GRCs!
ReplyDeleteThe Contest:
ReplyDeleteN Leader vs Opp Leader
Top Gun lah
Hahaha, IB resorting to scare mongering. Hijacking of posts and monitoring of IP addresses? ISD knock on your door yet. Lol. The you go and die lah, tio bo?
ReplyDeleteIB dogs when they crossed the line the police will go after them. Then they will find themselves alone as no one would dare to come out to own them or defend them.
ReplyDeleteThese dogs are so easily used by people without knowing what trouble they could get themselves into.
They created the game, now they just have a to clear the mess. I doubt they will send in an A-Team after BG Yeo got the boot.
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