General Election
Its been quite a ride for the past 1 month. Politics and politicians go about showing their faces and garnering votes. A reservist in-camp training took me out of that mundane walkabouts for a weekend, and its top gear once I went back to work. Politician started verbal sparring, through us, the media and there were countless press conferences, staged events, walkabouts, new campaigns and initiatives, until I got a bit sick of seeing them.
The fun came when the rally starts. It was when I got to see what is politics all about, the people. Emotions run high during opposition rally speeches, and we, the media were often the target of criticism. There were a few sarcastic remarks, but it does not really bother me. The crescendo of these weeks of campaign was last night, or rather 4 hours ago. I am glad it came to an end, after nights of returning home at 1am. But most of all, Im glad we have progressed as a country. It is short of the 1980s people power revolution in Philippines, but the people of Aljunied, and most of Singapore, has make ourselves heard. We want a good government, not a dominant one. The fact that the ruling PAP apologises and admitted its mistakes made in the past 3 years, has changed people's perception of our leaders. There were seemed to be faultless, but not anymore.
Im glad that Workers Party managed to win a GRC and 1 SMC to put 6 of them into parliament. I hope this augurs well for us, Singaporeans, as we have matured and we want to be involved in bringing our country forward.
As I write this, the 6am national anthem is showing on TV.
The fun came when the rally starts. It was when I got to see what is politics all about, the people. Emotions run high during opposition rally speeches, and we, the media were often the target of criticism. There were a few sarcastic remarks, but it does not really bother me. The crescendo of these weeks of campaign was last night, or rather 4 hours ago. I am glad it came to an end, after nights of returning home at 1am. But most of all, Im glad we have progressed as a country. It is short of the 1980s people power revolution in Philippines, but the people of Aljunied, and most of Singapore, has make ourselves heard. We want a good government, not a dominant one. The fact that the ruling PAP apologises and admitted its mistakes made in the past 3 years, has changed people's perception of our leaders. There were seemed to be faultless, but not anymore.
Im glad that Workers Party managed to win a GRC and 1 SMC to put 6 of them into parliament. I hope this augurs well for us, Singaporeans, as we have matured and we want to be involved in bringing our country forward.
As I write this, the 6am national anthem is showing on TV.
posted by Kwang Peng at 3:02 PM
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