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民粹政治之急与缓: 行动党急急认为变化太快; 工人党缓缓只求三分之一。 急急缓缓之间,官委议员有必要吗?

 民粹政治之急与缓:

行动党急急认为变化太快;

工人党缓缓只求三分之一。

急急缓缓之间,官委议员有必要吗?


国会里,行动党第四代接班人黄循财认为,政治的变化,可能超出想象,来得快到无法招架。因此,担心反对党利用民粹和机会政治来捞选票。在这种情形下,有必要制衡反对党,不可以利用民粹议题来捞政治资本。


行动党本身就是一个大玩家,几十年来,玩弄民粹和机会来捞政治资本。2016年的国葬,2020年的新冠,就是明显的例子。一次成功几乎让反对党完蛋,另外一次却翻船,多失去一个集选区。


这些教训,让行动党了解政治变化的快。因此,不认同工人党的慢郎中的说法。虽然,反对党要快也快不来,但是,民粹和选民的情绪,的确能够说变就变,急急缓缓之间,只是中间选民的取舍分胜负,就像盛港集选区那样。


因此,黄循财的担忧,有其一定道理。他的害怕也是有一定根据。这种担忧和害怕是行动党做政府以来,首次出现。而且,我们不能说,这种可能性不存在。

这个背景,再加上工人党的三分一国会议席目标,国会里,就会有足够的替代声音。因此,官委议员的历史性地位应该可以结束。当时,考虑到反对党议员人数太少,而创造出来的官委议员,现在,应该纠正过来。当然,你也可以认同黄循财的看法,反对党没有提出建设性建议,只懂得搞民粹,因此,这些所谓的官委议员还是有必要存在,在国会发出不同声音。


或许,这些官委议员的议席应该依据政党得票来分配,而不是目前这种安排。再加上,这些议员的表现,也是不尽理想,如何说服国人,他们真的代表人民说话。人民心里有一把尺,而这些受到委任的议员也应该知道人民是如何衡量他们的。


为何一个玩弄民粹的政党,最后却害怕民粹?因为,有太多的民生问题,行动党无法解决,给一点津贴、回扣、补助、训练再训练,还是敌不过通货膨胀,房价高,满足不了好工作,医药保健,教育的需求。这些才是人民关切的民粹问题,而反对党提出这些问题,就被认为在搞民粹政治。


新加坡经济的不断成长,也制造也不少的弊端,尤其是李显龙的第三代,在移民、吸引富豪、所谓的人才,组屋、医药开支,生小孩等,让人觉得贫富悬殊,机会不均。很不幸,第四代领导人黄循财必须接受这个不可能的任务。既然是不可能,就要面对变天的可能。



Comments

  1. “就要面对变天的可能” -- 就是这句话让我感慨万千。

    在最大的“在野党”工人党不断的向人民透露出还没能够有单独执政能力的讯息时,工人党竟然不知道这就是“双刃剑” -- 个人在欣赏工人党的诚实的时候,却也不禁为工人党感到悲哀 -- 因为这就是执政党的“杀手锏” -- 知道这时候怕变天就是人民的死穴 -- 为了不要“翻船”,只好让执政党继续执政!

    为什么?因为工人党既然承认它本身还没有执政的能力,而所有的其它的蚊子党还未成气候 -- 工人党就应该知道,“赢不了选举:本来就是“宿命”。

    也就是说每一种结局都是很合理的 -- 虽然过程也很诡异。

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