AHPETC
has been dragged into court not because a crime has been committed but over
procedural matters and unacceptable management practices. And the court seems
to be questioning itself why they are involved in this case. Shouldn’t it be a
matter that the Minister of National Development could deal with it summarily?
The
ding dongs in the courts of law mean that the judges would be kept very busy
trying to judge something that they are not sure if they should be judging. It
means the courts time would be taken up instead of allowing other criminal
cases to be heard. It also means that the AHPETC would have to engage lawyers
for its defence and to spend money on it. Would the money come from the WP or
AHPETC? And the WP politicians involved would be kept busy trying to absolve
themselves from blame.
The
same question I would like to put forth, why are politicians elected to run
town councils and be directly responsible for the administrative matters of a
town council? Shouldn’t this be the jobs of full time civil servants or
statutory boards? Politicians are the least appropriate to run a permanent
organization that is supposed to run continuously no matter which political
party is in power. The daily operating function of a town council is an
administrative function, not a political function or responsibility.
Why
burden politicians to be the administrator of a statutory organization running
essential services? And why compromise the proper and smooth functioning of
town councils and the efficiency of running an estate with politicians and
depriving them from performing their roles as law maker? Running town councils
should not be subject to the unpredictability of the election processes. There
must be continuity and permanence of tenure and the expertise and dedication of
permanent staff.
Politicians
should be free from the responsibility of running a town council. It is not
what they are supposed to do. It is not what they are elected to do. Their
primary duty is law making and making sure all the service providers provide
decent and efficient service to the people in their respective constituency.
Their role should be like the Transport Minister overseeing the functions and
operations of the train and bus services or other ministers overseeing other
essential services. If the Ministers are not satisfied, they can express their
unhappiness and demand the operators to buck up without themselves being asked
to buck up and be nailed.
7 comments:
"And why compromise the proper and smooth functioning of town councils and the efficiency of running an estate with politicians and depriving them from performing their roles as law maker?"
Why?
Maybe it's to make sure the opposition Parties are kept busy running town councils?
So they don't have time to ask too many difficult questions in parliament?
Before Town Councils, we used to have such debates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlI_3opTlaQ
With Town Councils, where got time to debate with the PAP government?
Is the above opinion true or not?
What do you think?
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill
Singaporeans ... please take note:
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak"
PAP ... please take note
"Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen".
For the sake of all Singaporeans, please be guided accordingly.
"Why burden politicians to be the administrator of a statutory organization running essential services?"
RB
That is beside the point.
The point is that if WP had been ready to be govt, and also being duly elected as govt by the majority (aka 60%) voters, then this burden for WP politicians would not have arisen at all.
And judging from WP being interested in contesting only 28 seats in coming election, I think this burden will remain for WP after the elections, even if they can win all 28 seats, which is also most unlikely.
Hence residents living in seats won by the WP are bound to bear some fallout from this burden of WP. So they need to think carefully about this and to vote wisely.
Rb everyone knows the reason lar. U need to ask meh?
You ask them what is critical thinking?
"Hence residents living in seats won by the WP are bound to bear some fallout from this burden of WP. So they need to think carefully about this and to vote wisely."
So you are saying vote PAP and be safe?
If you as a citizen do not want to share the burden of improving the system, why should the politicians in opposition do anything for you?
Don't you think that is a very selfish statement to make... and a very stupid one at that.
Vote PAP and your job is safe.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
ROFL.
Voting Opposition is the only way to keep our jobs safe from PAP's pro Alien policies.
Is this true?
What do you think?
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