Kit Sun Cheah

Tag: Opposition

  • Pandemic Election Shifts Singapore to the Left

    61.24 percent. The People’s Action Party won merely 61.24 percent of the popular vote in the 2020 elections. This is a sharp fall from securing 69.9 percent of the vote in 2015, much closer to 2011’s result of 60.14. The PAP won 83 out of 93 seats in Parliament, with the other 10 seats going…

  • No Choice But to Speak Against Kumaran Pillai of the PSP

    Yesterday’s post about my experiences with Kumaran Pillai of the Progress Singapore Party is spreading like wildfire. All over the Internet, on Reddit and Facebook and elsewhere, people are asking questions and casting aspersions. Here I’m going to address them. Q: Kumaran Pillai’s candidacy was announced on 25 June. Why did you wait until Nomination…

  • Testimony Against Kumaran Pillai of the Progress Singapore Party

    The Progress Singapore Party intends to field Mr. Kumaran Pillai in the upcoming General Elections. I must speak out against him. In my experience, he does not possess the values needed to be a leader and a servant of the people. In late 2013, I first met Mr. Pillai to discuss the possibility of contributing…

  • Singapore's Opposition Needs to Step Up Now

    The elections are coming, and Singapore’s opposition parties need to think about branding, election strategy, candidate selection and coalition-building.

  • Singapore's politics of personality

    Singapore’s opposition parties need to become political parties, not personality parties.

  • Building Nations, Dividing People

    It’s refreshing to see a government body give straight answers for once. The People’s Association has declared that it is a de facto arm of the state. Its mission is to “bond the community and connect people with the Government”.  Grassroots advisers should “connect people to people”, and “are required to help the Government connect with…