Yes. All are fine.
According to Education Minister Heng Swee Kiat the cake box is a ‘total
dedication to country’ and we need to emulate it. As for the ballot box, ‘the life
of the ballot box ceases when the seal is broken’ based on the reply of Social
and Family Development Minister Chan Chun Sing in Parliament. #
Everything is fine before the box is open whether it is a box of 90th
birthday cake or a ballot box of voting papers. According to Chan, ‘the life of a box starts once the box is sealed.’ The life of the box ends when it is open.
So, the PAP’s philosophy is not to open the box. Once you open the PAP’s box either by
accident or by voting, the PAP will have to end its life.
When we look at the mainstream reports of Lee Kuan Yew’s 90th
birthday, the tribute in the Parliament and a special conference under Lee Kuan
Yew etc. is this situation before or after the box is open? Are we still thinking within the box? And are
we afraid to open up the box to prepare a post-LKY era?
No wonder Lee Hsien Loong dared not open the box, he entrusted the duty
to Chan to reply on his behalf in Parliament. Chan is not a minister without
portfolio in the Prime Minister’s Office. And yet he has the honour to reply on
behalf of the Prime Minister. No wonder
people call the newly promoted minister a potential future PM.
Let look at the cake box again.
What are inside the box?
Foreign policy cannot be ‘tool
of partisan politics’# so only the PAP can touch the foreign affairs. No wonder
no foreign visitors call on oppositions in Singapore.
Panelists discuss LKY’s use of
defamation lawsuits and ISA.# After the conference
and discussion, the box of defamation lawsuits and ISA still cannot be opened. These are still useful tools for the PAP in
running Singapore.
Because the box is a total
dedication to Singapore, it cannot be opened by relaxing defamation lawsuits,
ISA, one man intelligence agency, and even cleaning of toilets. The PAP will fight all the ways to make sure all boxes in a sealed
position, not to be opened even after the passing of LKY.
What can Singaporeans do to open the box?
One natural way is by the ballot boxes.
But even that Chan said the police investigation so far shows no related
offence. The most he can suggest is to
tighten ballot box handling. This is the standard ‘within the box’ replies of
the PAP.
It is not sure for what reason this important reply in Parliament is not
personally given by the Prime Minister while he is not out of Singapore for official
duty. He in fact was in Singapore and personally witnessing the cutting of the 90th
birthday cake in Parliament. Is he intentionally or unintentionally avoid
answering the ballot box question? Has he shown his respect to this very
serious matter? Or is he too afraid that
Singaporeans use the ballot box to demand more and demand for change?
From the 90th birthday books and reports to the explanation
of ballot box, all show the unwillingness for change from the PAP side. They
want to keep their golden era despite the passing of time.
One wonders how long can it last. The PAP cannot forever stop the opening
of the cake box. The PAP too cannot
prevent change by ignoring the demand of the people through ballot boxes. The right to vote is a duty of citizens and
you can make a change and break the box.
# Today, 17
September 2013
What about the big wooden box used to house the dead? Can it be opened once it's sealed for eternity?
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