Singapore Democrats

Could the SDP include a proposal of protecting singapore from terrorists in SDP manifesto. Saying that SDP wants to abolish internal securtiy act is easy. but SDP would not be able to convince if SDP can't counter propose something to protect the country from terrorists.

thanks.

The ISA is a relic from colonial times that is more a threat to political opponents than to terrorists. The terrorist arrests only serve as a way to legitimize this arcane legislation. In order to successfully target the terrorist threat, Singapore authorities should write terrorism specific legislation, which distinguishes peaceful and legitimate opposition from violent extrimists.

Under the ISA, the ISD has been established, which has, however, been less effective in the fight against terrorism as in the fight against political opponents. While the ISD successfully kept the Barisan Sosialis politician Chia Thye Poh for 23 years from leaving Sentosa, it could not prevent the escape of a potentially dangerous terrorism suspect, Mas Selamat Kastari, from prison.

Does the SDP have a better idea to counter the terrorists other than having the ISD?

Think carefully and you'll realize its not ISD which caused the escape of the terrorism suspect, Mas Selamat Kastari, from prison. Instead, its the carelessless of that person in that prison, directly involved in the protection of the security of the detention centre.

Dear SDP,

I have visited your website now and then and wished to convey my supports your party to fight against Communised Democratic of our Government System.

I have graduated in Singapore and worked with several firms; including a Consulting firm serving an engineering project overseas. Client is MFA, or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

I am quite a kind person in nature, that's why I left the post after experiencing a disastrous encounter with the Civil Servants working in the Embassy.

They are just holigans, bullies and spent alot of public funds in holding parties with the foreign counterparts, so called building bilateral ties. And they are are carries, meaning carry boss, from top to bottom. I just gave up on the job and move on with my life. Guess what, I was young then and naive believing our government policies, my life has not been good after that encounter, especially when I returned home, back to my motherland of Singapore.

I struggled for awhile, to meet ends meet and pay my taxes. Then, through an enlightenment over my kind heart, I was given another opportunity to go overseas, this time it's a private sector.

I took the chance and don't want to look back at the disappointed and disgraced political and economic system back in my motherland. I left, without looking back, luckily I am a bachelor with nothing to think about of working overseas.

From that encounter with arrogant civil servants, I have fully understood and given up the hopes of staying back in Singapore, where I was born and served my national service.

The policies of foreign imports, the GSTs, the ERPs, the Ministers' pays checks and the MM or SM, to even our current PM's capabilities are all rubbish as compared to many of our foreign counterparts when the Govt really look after the benefits of their people.

I left my country, without any regret. Thanks to our arrogant leaders.

You have my supports in the fights against democracy in Singapore, morally and spiritedly.

From:

Dissapointed Citizen of Singapore

"a superior man does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow." - Confucius

As of the above message from Confucius, those pro-PAP think again.