This gives people choices which party and people’s representatives are better. That’s what I wrote about – choices and competition. This is sorely lacking in the government.

In fact having shadow ministers puts pressure on the existing government to perform, while oppositions better themselves with alternative proposals. We all know when leaders stay too long in one position, ideas become stale and they usually become slack.

My prayer is that PAP should accept challenges and level the playing field. In fact it helps renew their ideas and party leadership capabilities because there are challenges. Alas it is not so. By clamping down on oppositions, they have not only failed the people, they have failed themselves.

Hope the next GE will be an exciting one.

Kaffein