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Wednesday 5 June 2019

HOW TO WIN THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION IN SINGAPORE FROM SCRATCH

According to a report by the Today Newspaper on 15 April 2019, nearly 2.6 million Singaporeans (2,594,740 in exact numbers) are eligible to vote in the next General Election which must be held by early 2021.
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nearly-26-million-singaporeans-eligible-vote-next-general-election

This article is to instruct anyone who is interested in winning the next General Election how he or she could achieve that in 3 easy steps:

(1) Set up a  new political party called the Pure and Free Party.

(2) Recruit by whatever legal and ethical method at least 1.3 million members with a token membership fee of $1 per annum.

(3) Issue a simple 3-point manifesto:

(a) The Pure and Free Party is not founded on any particular ideology, philosophy, political, economic, social, cultural, racial or religious belief; but on the principles of having a purity of purpose towards the maximal well-being of all Singaporeans in every aspect of life on our island-state and of the freedom of all members to contribute their mental and physical energies to the fulfillment of that purpose without any constraints from any of the aforementioned particular ideology, philosophy or belief, except for a consistency with Mr Lee Kuan Yew's idea of affirming only "what works". This is to ensure that the Party will not be hampered by dogmatic ideas and ideals, but will be guided by common sense and the ability to change and adapt to new or changing national or global circumstances.

(b) The Party do not have a hierarchical leadership structure, but is ruled by a committee of equals consisting of 11 people directly voted in by its members in an annual party election. Leadership decisions are made based on consensus by majority after they are kept well-informed by all ordinary members who may be in possession of deep insight or expertise in any area of human knowledge. Any of the 11 leaders can represent the Party provided he or she is guided by that consensus on any national or international issue. This form of leadership is to prevent a cult of personality and to make leadership positions dispensable in contrast to its focus on national interest and welfare of the people. Leadership changes are kept frequent to ensure that party policies do not become dogmatic or stagnant, but are always fresh and responsive.

(c) In a General Election, every member of the Party is obligated to vote for representatives of the Pure and Free Party. This, of course, is to ensure that Party will have at least 50% of the popular vote and the Party wants its victory and its margin to depend on votes from non-members so as to reflect its wider support.

If you can control your disbelief and/or laughter, and wish to give this simple idea a try, you are welcomed to do so without any attribution or acknowledgement of credit to this author at any time when you secured political power in Singapore. My only request, in the event of success, is that you should be true to the principles of the Pure and Free Party. I thank you in advance!

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