Election 2011 *WARNING! The posts are strongly opposition views-however, this is my decision as i've heard the rallies and felt opp is better=D*

Well, it is time again. The elections are here again! However, this time, 82 out of 87 seats are contested! This is going to be a watershed election. Of which the hottest areas are of course Aljunied, Potong Pasir, Bishan-Toa Payoh, Holland-Bukit Timah and also to an extent, Hougang and Marine Parade. The opposition is rising and the generation Y voters are getting upset over the PAP's desired one party rule. Generation Y voters want change, and some PAP ministers have proven unfit to govern Singapore. Also, for a policy to carry through, it must receive support from two thirds of the parliament. Therefore, whatever policy the PAP initiates will carry through. It is because of this that the citizens of Singapore want opposition voices in parliament.

Firstly, there is the issue of salaries. While everything around us increased in pricing, the one thing that did not rise was wages. Except the government, who were enjoying their 8 months GDP bonus. Our ministers are the highest paid in the world, even higher than that of the US president. To many, these wages are unjustified, especially when given to officials who do not even deserve them. They earn about $10,000 an hour, whereas not many earn the very same amount in a month. Therefore, we question ourselves, is it fair? The opposition has suggested a solution where the highest paid official is paid a maximum of 80 times the lowest wage in Singapore. This would amount to around $64,000 a month which is more than reasonable. If the government wants higher wages, then they should ensure that they take care of the citizens! To be in parliament is supposed to be an act of servant leadership, but how do you serve when you earn more than you can spend? Obviously, the government has a lack of understanding for the working population if such is the case.

Secondly, there is the issue of electoral fairness. The PAP has set up GRCs and redrawn electoral boundaries again and again and again. The GRC system was set up in response to the Anson By-election where the opposition had finally secured a seat. This system would group SMCs together to form GRCs where candidates contested as a team. The system was designed in such a way that each GRC would contain a minister, and playing on the fact that singaporeans would not vote a minister out, the opposition could never win. As expected, the only seats secured in the following elections were the Potong Pasir seat by Mr Chiam See Tong, and the Hougang seat by Mr Low Thia Khiang. Even then they redraw the electoral boundaries over and over. Despite areas like Kaki Bukit remaining loyal to the PAP, they get pushed around over and over so as to provide support to weaker areas. It gets so absurd that Marine Parade could stretch all the way to Hougang, and one could drive down a road and cross into four different constituencies. This is clearly unfair. Now that their GRCs backfire and areas like Bishan-Toa Payoh where Mr Wong Kan Seng is in are having strong opposition breakthroughs, this may be the election where the oppostion strikes back. Perhaps I could say that the "eastern blowing wind is rising" (Battle of red cliff, where the minority beats Cao Cao's army). This, perhaps, is the last chance for the oppostion to rise up.