Gearing up for the next General Election

The PAP is celebrating their recent GE victory in a big way at its biennial party Convention. The morale is very high and PAP is extremely confident they will continue to be the ruling party to SG100. And the signs are good that they will be the govt of the day if they continue to deliver the goods that the citizens want and continue to work for the good of the citizens.

So soon after a GE the PAP is already talking about preparing to win the next GE. This, on its own, is a big plus factor in its favour. There is nothing to replace being prepared and working for a goal and not leaving things to chance.

What about the opposition parties? Are they going to prepare and gear up for the next GE and work as hard as the PAP, to start working now?  Understandably their morale must be low after the rubbing in the last GE. But as politicians, aspiring leaders of the people, this is no reason to be dejected, to wallow in self pity. The defeat must make them stronger, push them to want to work harder. Some people are lucky to have success thrust onto their laps. Some people would have to work very hard for success and must go through a lot of trials and tribulations.

Are the opposition parties busy preparing for the GE just like the PAP?
They could be but not beating the drums.  So far only the SDP seems to be active and trying to show that they have not been defeated. At least there was some news on the activities in the opposition camp. It may be a strategy not to ruffle the grass and warn the enemy. But this strategy of not to be seen has proven to be disastrous in the last GE. The opposition parties must be seen to be working, not just during the GE. They must be seen to be involved in the affairs of the state and the people the whole year round. Keeping mum and not being seen is not the way to go.

The opposition parties cannot be seen as parties that have no views on things, have no issues to talk about. By being reticent, not to be seen, not to be heard, they are indirectly saying everything is fine, there is no issue to talk about. Don’t they have any views about the CPF, the MedishieldLife Scheme, the high cost of living, the influx of foreigners to take away the good jobs of Singaporeans, the silly schemes to train our PMETs to be security guards and taxi drivers and throw away all their experience and training to remain in the main stream of economic activities? What about the high cost of living, the regular breakdowns of public transport system, the selling of national icons, the trading of assets from left hand to right hand to generate fictitious growth and value?

There are many issues that are troubling and need to be questioned, addressed and alternative solutions be offered. There are many things that the opposition parties can do and should be doing to tell the people they have not gone to sleep, to hibernate and to wake up to run as candidates in the next GE. The battle starts now if they want to be counted.

The ball is in the courts of the opposition parties. If they are not doing anything, not seen to be doing anything, they will lose by default in the next GE, with another good rubbing.