In every election, without fail, the various political parties involved in the hastings and campaigning are bound to project to the unthinking and lazy-to-think and brain-dead voters that they are part of them, belong to them, and will represent them in parliament, and work for them tirelessly, and sacrifice for them, blah blah blah.
In reality, in all practical intents and purposes, inked in historical records in the Hansard, the PAP ministers and members of parliament are controlled by the PAP's WHIP. The Holder of the PAP's WHIP will dictate to all the PAP's ministers and members of parliament to VOTE ACCORDING TO THE DECISION ALREADY MADE by the PAP's Central Executive Committee headed by the Secretary-General of the PAP, who happened to be, by design not by coincidence, the Prime Minister - the Supreme Power of the Land!
There is a dire need for political education in Singapore. After 55 years of Independence, at least 70% to 80% of voters are still politically naive, backwards or pathetically apolitical. This is a clear reflection of the serious neglect and blatant irresponsibility on the part of the education system in tandem with the political system of the country.
Essentially and responsibly, all students and eligible voters must be made to understand and wake-up their long-slumbering, hazy-fazy ideas that "PAP ministers and members of parliament DO NOT represent YOU" in the Parliament when come to voting for any motion, law, change to the sacred Constitution, or anything of importance to the people.
When the time comes to take sides, PAP ministers and members of parliament will, without qualms nor hesitation, side with and represent the Supreme Leadership of the PAP. They will definitely NOT represent YOU or vote on your behalf nor for your interests. This fact has been established again and again and again for the past 55 years.
So, is it "From the people by the people for the people,
or is it from the PAP by the PAP FOR the PAP?