GE 2015/16 - PAP won Round 2 against WP

If one is to read the deluge of articles in the main media on the AHPETC saga, one would get away with the impression that PAP has won both rounds. The first Round was several pages of the AGO’s report on all the breaches committed by the AHPETC. The second Round was in Parliament when Shanmugam spoke like a God scolding the WP and accusing them of being unlawful and losing public money and many other things. And Boon Wan joined in to withhold $7m of subsidies for S&CC that should be given to AHPETC until they clean up the mess.
 
With these two victories and perhaps more to come if the AHPETC were to be charged in court for criminal breaches, it would be 3 successive rounds of victories for the PAP. It would also look like PAP has demolished the WP and would easily win the GE hands down. But this is only one side of the story.
 
Reading the social media the mood and temper changed sides. The issues were bullying tactics, unfair tactics, abuses of the system, etc etc that were leveled at the PAP by the netizens. There was outrage, cries of infamy! They were not interested in what the PAP was accusing the AHPETC for, dismissing them as pure hypocrisies. They totally ignored these as part of politicking to discredit the WP, nothing more, nothing less. They were angry by these and many other attacks on the WP.
 
The question now is what would all these mean in the GE? Would the voters be won over by the PAP for their righteousness in discrediting the WP? Or would all the tactics and actions of the PAP be seen as unfair bullying and be translated into sympathetic votes for the WP? Would the voters be so pissed that they would stand up for the underdog against the Goliath swinging his sledgehammer? There are bound to be a lot of cynicism and many were saying that the PAP were winning battles but losing the war. The hearts and minds of the voters are shaken by the strong and heavy hand tactics of the PAP in its dealings or fixing of its political enemies.
 
On the other hand the PAP and its supporters would be smiling at how clever they bashed or fixed up the WP and whitewashed it to oblivion and congratulating themselves for a job well done, and waiting to pop champagne after the GE. There must be a lot of optimism and praises in the PAP camp. They won, or shouts of ‘We won’ can be heard though the GE is still waiting to happen.
 
First the PAP threw out the goodies to sweeten the ground. Now they hung the strongest opposition, in a way sealing the fate of the WP, untrustworthy, could even be charged in court and disqualified. What is there left to be done than to call the GE? Oh, wait, more goodies coming from the Budget and viola, what a piece of cake, time to eat the pudding.
 
The social media and the lunatic fringe are just that, kpkb and making noise in the wilderness. What do you think? Great strategy? One camp crying foul and another popping champagne. Who would ultimately triumph in the GE? Who is the devil and who is god must be pretty clear to both sides and the bystanders.