Opposition MP Meet The People Session - Showcase of a third world country

 

Above photo of WP MP Raeesah Khan meeting residents at the void deck of HDB flats in their Meet The People Session. Picture credit to theindependent.sg/

This is the most pathetic and shameful sight in Singapore politics. What would the world be saying looking at our opposition MPs in such a ridiculous position while trying to do their jobs to help their residents.

All MPs, whether they are opposition party MPs or ruling party MPs, are the people's elected representatives and must be treated with equal respect and decorum. And they must be provided with decent facilities to conduct their meetings with the people, to solve the people's problems in proper office space, not haphazard void decks or some street corners.

The govt should set aside funds for such purposes so that all MPs should be accorded due respect as the people's elected representatives and can perform their roles as MPs in proper offices. This is not just about respecting the MPs, opposition or ruling, but also the people, the residents. 

When I look at the above picture, it reminds me of third world countries in Africa or some corners of Asia, not in super rich Singapore.

This unsightly policy must be stopped and changed for the better. Every govt officer and the lowest level officers are provided with decent office space to perform their work, why not an MP. An opposition MP is not an enemy, not an outcast, not a beggar. An opposition MP is also part of the govt, sits in the Parliament to discuss national issues and participate in law making. Why can't they be given a little respect and provide with decent office space to serve the people? These are important works of every MP. The British treated David Marshall in the same way in the past, a table in the corridor of Parliament House.

So much money have been spent on dogs and cats, on foreigners and their children, why not provide a decent office for the opposition MPs and ruling party MPs as well? Unless meeting the people to help solving their problems is not important, unnecessary work, not worth doing, not an MP's job? What is the priority?  To me this is unacceptable practice. A total disrespect to the office of a Member of Parliament.

21st Century, 55 years post independence, can opposition MPs be treated more decently?