Recently, there were many cases of action taken on alleged corrupt practices involving civil servants and non-civil servants. The practices in some of these cases date back many years. In today's paper, the headlines highlight two cases involving a church pastor and a manager of a media company. It seemed that anti-corruption is the order of the day.
I wonder why there are so many corruption cases recently, when there was relative silence in past years. I could guess that the focus must have occurred due to the change of minister for home affairs made after the 2011 general election. Perhaps the previous minister did not consider this matter to be important and the new minister took a different view.
While action against corrupt practices is important, we seemed to go overboard in focusing on this single issue. There are other urgent issues that need to be addressed.
I wonder why there are so many corruption cases recently, when there was relative silence in past years. I could guess that the focus must have occurred due to the change of minister for home affairs made after the 2011 general election. Perhaps the previous minister did not consider this matter to be important and the new minister took a different view.
While action against corrupt practices is important, we seemed to go overboard in focusing on this single issue. There are other urgent issues that need to be addressed.
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The single issue that facing Singapore is: "The PAP government under PM Lee Hsien Loong does not inspire confidence and motivate the population to do their best."
See this frantic spate of corruption cases emerging in a different angle.
With a new atmosphere of opening up on the political scene, more whistle-blowers are emboldened to act, even if the culprits are somehow related to the PAP Govt.
Also, PAP wan to project a face of 'accountability and responsibility' to citizens, as long as the accused dun belong to their inner leadership core, so the lesser civil servant mortals have to be sacrificial lambs.
By repeat cases coming hot on the heels, citizens' attention is diverted from whatever shortcomings
and incompetent Governance that the Govt may manifest between now and the next GE.
Let's be honest, what's the big deal for civil servant heads favouring female IT supply business for sex. If his wife could accommodate the infidelity, why make so much noises. Surely many other corruption cases involving other Govt Agencies escape scrutiny because no one could get hold of a whistle to blow.
Smell a hidden Agenda behind all these frenetic activities.
The court cases are scheduled and they happen to come up at the same time. Though it is possible also that the timings and press releases through the ST are pre determined.
This is to allow distractions. In politics, many events are choreographed to achieve desired effects. No law is broken either.
Netizens have also brought up NParks buying 26 Brompton folding bicycles at a whopping $2200 each. There is only 1 bid.
People question why the need to buy expensive $2200 bicycles for patrolling park connector network when much of the population such as cleaners get pathetic wages.
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