Saturday, May 26, 2012

Singapore's leaders out of touch and missing the point, say analysts, as oppostion wins Hougang by-election...

Political analyst Bridget Welsh said the Hougang by-election results were no surprise and said that the People’s Action Party had miscalculated in its campaign.

Speaking to Yahoo! Singapore after Workers’ Party (WP) retained its Hougang stronghold with 62.09 per cent of votes on Saturday, she said, "Some of its leaders did not come off well. Attacks reflect poorly on the attacker ultimately.”

Welsh was referring to the campaign hustings, in which DPM Teo Chee Hean repeatedly questioned the credentials of WP candidate Png Eng Huat.

“The reasons are two-fold. The PAP tactics are outdated,” said the professor at the Singapore Management University. Full story...

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