I love this paragraph ......"Through the GRC system, it was possible for the PAP to bring into parliament new candidates who would otherwise not be able to stand up, on an individual basis, against an experienced political opponent in a SMC contest. Typically, a PAP GRC team would comprise of one or two senior ministers and a few fresh faces (i.e. raw recruits). The senior ministers would be the anchor-persons for the whole team drawing in plenty of votes due to several advantages, including voters’ psychology, voters’ fears and unlike opposition candidate, ministers of ruling party were in a position to dangle carrots to residents. It did not matter the raw recruits were an unfamiliar face, possessed no political skill or made boring speech; actually, if he or she had nothing to say, just tell the voters, “I don’t know what to say” – and all of them would be elected into parliament! Under the GRC system, voters could not hold an under-performing MP accountable because the loss of votes for one MP would be compensated or absorbed by the votes of other MPs within the same team. therealsingapore/content/pap%E2%80%99s-grc-system-will-it-backfire
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 05:59:53 +0000
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