This year is the 1st time in my life that i can vote. Initally i was quite excited by it, however after thinking through and chatting with a couple of friends. I am actually quite disappointed by the whole prospect of voting. I am disappointed over a few things, which was quite different from my intial reaction as being able to become one of the few singaporean to enjoy the full package of being A SINGAPOREAN (not many singaporean got a chance to vote you know!). There's justa few things that i am really troubled by:
1. Who are we actually voting for? Are we voting for a minister or a MP who can really care about us - the heartlanders? Someone who actually stayed in the constituency and know the in and out of the people staying there...but the sad thing is we do not have many of these running for election. Although i do not have any specific numbers i am very sure that most of them stayed in condos or bunglows and not HDB flats. furthermore, when we had actually ministers running the election, the line become very blurred as in are we voting for a MP or a Minister. This is because due to the many directorships and the busy work schedules of our Ministers, we do not see much of them around the constituencies which they are representing. I am sure they do not know the people as well as they ought to. However, are they really doing a bad job? From a microscopic point of view, maybe he/she is but from a macrrscopic point of view he could be doing a brillant job as a minister so how and on what basis are we supposed to credit or discredit him?
2. The lack of worthy oppositions - simply said, some of the party memebers just simply cannot make it. I really think that they are more suitable for the triads.
3. The fear factor. Despite the repeat assurance that voting is sacred and secretive, many of us still felt that the GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE. With that in mind, how many of us really dare to vote for the opposition even if there's really a very suitable one?
So if you really think about it....how can u not be disillusionized by the whole voting thing?
1. Who are we actually voting for? Are we voting for a minister or a MP who can really care about us - the heartlanders? Someone who actually stayed in the constituency and know the in and out of the people staying there...but the sad thing is we do not have many of these running for election. Although i do not have any specific numbers i am very sure that most of them stayed in condos or bunglows and not HDB flats. furthermore, when we had actually ministers running the election, the line become very blurred as in are we voting for a MP or a Minister. This is because due to the many directorships and the busy work schedules of our Ministers, we do not see much of them around the constituencies which they are representing. I am sure they do not know the people as well as they ought to. However, are they really doing a bad job? From a microscopic point of view, maybe he/she is but from a macrrscopic point of view he could be doing a brillant job as a minister so how and on what basis are we supposed to credit or discredit him?
2. The lack of worthy oppositions - simply said, some of the party memebers just simply cannot make it. I really think that they are more suitable for the triads.
3. The fear factor. Despite the repeat assurance that voting is sacred and secretive, many of us still felt that the GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE. With that in mind, how many of us really dare to vote for the opposition even if there's really a very suitable one?
So if you really think about it....how can u not be disillusionized by the whole voting thing?
posted by X at 12:20 AM
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