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工人党没有抱负、志向低,还是向新加坡的政治现实妥协?

 工人党没有抱负、志向低,还是向新加坡的政治现实妥协?


马来西亚比较开明的前部长凯里,在新加坡大选后,在他的播客中,表示工人党野心太小,志向不高,只要30%议席,根本没有组织政府的企图心。过后,工人党秘书长毕丹星,再上节目,进一步说明立场。


自从一党独大以来,从来就没有一个在野党,竞选超过一半议席。反而,还想利用补选策略胜出。从早期的竞选不到一半议席,一直发展到竞选全部议席,对于选民来说,已经是很大的突破。不过,在凯里看来,我们的政治好像还处于幼儿园。


凯里也提到,在野党没有组成联盟,一起对抗行动党。这也是政治现实,在野党里,人人都要当老大,人人都自认比其他人聪明,更加能够打倒行动党。你看看选前的两个小党联盟,就明白了。比较大的三个政党,也一样无法妥协,或者不愿协商。


问题是,新加坡选民会不会认同凯里的说法?组成强大联盟,对抗行动党?新加坡的整套政治教育,就是无人可以取代行动党。这点国阵就做不到。大马选民认为国阵可以被取代,这就给其他政治联盟带来希望。而这个过程,以安华作为例子,也斗争了好多年。如果追溯到1987年的巫统大分裂,时间更加长。


新加坡政治,其实没有什么大风暴。或许,这是评论家说的顺利的权力转移,从第一到第四代。 凯里如果拿马来西亚的政治标准来看新加坡,那很可能就是不了解新加坡,对于政治的现实看不清楚。就如他在上一次大选,形象好,高人气,也无法胜选。


那么,新加坡人是否要等到行动党大分裂后,才有机会变天?没有人知道。不过,从今年大选成绩看,这条路似乎很遥远、漫长。因为,得票率已经告诉了一切。如何把行动党得票率降低,降到像国阵那样不到50%。因此,只能是潜移默化,年轻人带头慢慢的认定国会制衡的重要性。一种质量的提升?



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