Hougang by-election 26-5-12 -- WP Png Eng Huat
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if like this i'm not called a singaporean oredi
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errr......GOOD ANSWER!
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Been waiting damn long already. Wonder if the 3 month mark will pass and still no by-election.
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patient! patient! be not outpatient! lol..in any game....its common for challengers to test and try the defendants' patience while bidding time to dig more loopholes...
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suggest LTK to re-read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and silently reflect ...while continuing his works for Hougang...
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I think will be held on saturday, so no PH.
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If incumbent party wins back Hougang, does it mean they will continue to keep increasing GST and all sorts of taxes to help the poor like us?
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if PM cannot make a swift decision for 1 constituency
wonder how did he managed to decide for the country?
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
cutting down showmanship and hit right to the ground sentiments is still the best policy....roll up sleeves and get the hands dirty to clean up Hougang is one of the best agenda along with meeting and truly communicating with them....
opposition must stay ...
Talking about showmanship, BYK of Tampines is full of it. But all that is useless as people judge you on how competent you are in doing your job. So far, Aljunied-Hougang MPs have shown their worth. What happened to YSL was unfortunate, but WP will bounce back. They have more high-claibre candidates in their ranks to fill the vacancy.By the way, what happened to Frida Chan? She has stayed quiet even after the Chinese media reported that she was one of YSL's women.
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The Peee M just called for by election for hougang. Think PAP will win. Potong Pasir now under PaP, Hougang will be next.
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Originally posted by lce:
if PM cannot make a swift decision for 1 constituency
wonder how did he managed to decide for the country?
Whether he is able to manage the country or not is not important leh, most important is he is the old man's son. Being the old man's son his position is solid , more solid than the rock. -
When was the place managed ?
The recent speech in the house show how detached the talents are with the real world.
The 1000 income flat.
Yes, on paper but in reality, can it be done ?
He want to win it, not to do it asap.
Maybe he should nominate his son for the post.
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I think PAP will lose the Hougang by election. I don't think they can win.
PAP has no enthusiasm whatsoever about holding Hougang by election because they also know they cannot win.
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The greedy ones are detached from real world majority still vote them in. What to do??? Singaporeans complain and complain about them yet give them the mandate election after election, the minority can do nothing. There is simply no cooperation at all to boot them out. Frankly I hope they continue to lose Hougang to the alternative party.
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Originally posted by TehJarVu:
if like this i'm not called a singaporean oredi
ya lor, that is why we are still stuck with the greedy pigs. -
..I intend to call a by-election in Hougang: PM Lee ..By Deborah Choo ..Posts..By Deborah Choo | SingaporeScene – Fri, Mar 9, 2012........ PM Lee has said that he intends to call for by-election in Hougang. (Yahoo! file photo) Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will call for by-elections in Hougang. This is PM Lee's full reply in Parliament to PAP MP Christopher de Souza's question on a by-election in Hougang: The Hougang Single Member Constituency (SMC) seat is vacant after the Workers' Party expelled Mr Yaw Shin Leong, following several weeks of media reports on Mr Yaw's personal indiscretions. I intend to call a by-election in Hougang to fill this vacancy. However, I have not yet decided on the timing of the by-election. In deciding on the timing, I will take into account all relevant factors, including the well being of Hougang residents, issues on the national agenda, as well as the international backdrop which affects our prosperity and security. As for the legal question of whether and when I must call a by-election, an application has been filed in court concerning this, so the matter is now sub judice, i.e. under the consideration of the court. While MPs enjoy parliamentary immunity in this House, our parliamentary convention is that we do not talk about matters which are sub judice, for good reason. I can, however, remind Members that Parliament debated this issue extensively in 2008, when two NMPs moved a motion proposing to require the Prime Minister to call a by-election within three months of a seat falling vacant. I participated in that debate, and stated the Government's position fully, after taking the advice of the Attorney-General. I consulted the present Attorney-General again to confirm his advice before answering today's question. Let me summarise what I said in 2008 about the Constitutional position. Article 49 of the Constitution states that when a seat falls vacant it shall be filled by election. In an SMC, a seat falls vacant when the MP vacates his office, for example when he is expelled from his political party, resigns his seat, or passes away. The timing of the by-election is at the discretion of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is not obliged to call a by-election within any fixed timeframe. This absence of any stipulated time frame is the result of a deliberate decision by Parliament to confer on the Prime Minister the discretion to decide when to fill a Parliamentary vacancy. Then-Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew explained this when he moved the Constitutional amendment in December 1965: "[This amendment] revokes a clause which was introduced into the State Constitution of Singapore when it entered Malaysia. Members in this House will know that there was no such injunction of holding a by-election within three months in our previous Constitution. We resisted this particular condition being imposed upon the State Constitution at the time we entered Malaysia, but our representations were not accepted because Malaysia insisted on uniformity of our laws with the other States in the Federation and with the Federal Constitution itself. Since we are no longer a part of the Federal whole, for reasons which we find valid and valuable as a result of our own experience of elections and of government in Singapore, we have decided that this limitation should no longer apply." The Constitution therefore reflects a political philosophy that emphasises stable government, and the view that in elections voters are primarily choosing between political parties to be given the mandate to govern the country, rather than between individual candidates to become MPs. We have kept the Constitutional provision because the considerations for enacting it in 1965 remain relevant today. ________ qua finally calls for election.
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Originally posted by Dalforce 1941:
I think PAP will lose the Hougang by election. I don't think they can win.
PAP has no enthusiasm whatsoever about holding Hougang by election because they also know they cannot win.
Maybe they will win with a 80% majority vote.
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That's why Worker's Party won the vote during the GE 2011.
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I doubt by-election will produce a drastic change of votes. Traditionally, Hougang has always been WP's stronghold, I have difficulties seeing how an overnight scandal will sway the allegiance of voters in a country fraught with conservative temperament.
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Incumbent party can win back hougang.
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Open court hearing for Hougang by-election case By Claire Huang | Posted: 03 April 2012 1733 hrs SINGAPORE: The High Court will hear an application by a Hougang resident for a by-election to be held in the single-member constituency within three months. It set the open court hearing for 16 April. The application was made by 42-year-old part-time cleaner, Madam Vellama Marie Muthu.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Incumbent party can win back hougang.
WP is currently the incumbent party in HGN. PAP can be considered opposition in that ward.
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Close fight this time round?
Or maybe they won't have by election because ground not sweet yet?
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Any idea potential month for by election?
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Originally posted by dragg:
Open court hearing for Hougang by-election case
By Claire Huang | Posted: 03 April 2012 1733 hrsSINGAPORE: The High Court will hear an application by a Hougang resident for a by-election to be held in the single-member constituency within three months.
It set the open court hearing for 16 April.
The application was made by 42-year-old part-time cleaner, Madam Vellama Marie Muthu.
Cleaner also knows these things.
Life is surreal.