Thursday, May 10, 2018

Lessons from Harapan.

The Pakatan Harapan comprise of several parties with quite different policies and personalities.

Yet, they can get together to form an effective alliance to topple the Barisan Nasional.

Can our oppostion parties, which are much weaker, get together?

We have to learn from Harapan on how this can be achieved. Tun M gave a hint. He said that all the component parties of Harapan sign a pledge to observe the constitution, including the special rights of the Malays. This was enough to bold them together.

Our political parties can also hold the same pledge to original constitution of Singapore, prior to the changes during the past three decades. They can pledge to restore that original constitution.

They can also pledge to support certain policy platforms. I suggest the following:

a) Abolish GST
b) Revert to single member constituencies
c) Reserve public sector jobs for locals
d) Allow extention of HDB leases by paying a modest fee.
e) Allow CPF to be withrawn in full at 65.
f) Reduce full time NS to 1 year.

What are your views?




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