Punggol East By-Election coming ? MP steps down
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Harlequin:
Sometime people itchy mouth, add juices in hyped season like this. Don't need to believe every rumors.
\"我们没法子，要投PAP..\"
So I should go tell them, \"别听这些胡言乱语！ 没这回事！想投给谁，就投给谁！投票是秘密的！“
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concern2:
Hv to file motion to raise an issue for debate in parliament. Not be default nor by turns. Free for all during question time. There is a time limit of 20 mins per MP.
Ahhh..... Is everyone given their turn to raise issue by default? Like this time is your turn, next time is his turn, so essentially WP only has 7 out of 89 chances to bring forth issues? Or are there 'quotas' on the number of chance you are given as everyone needs to be given a chance to voice?Way2GO:
Before dat happens, every extra man/woman in parliament affords d alternative party (parties) more airtime to voice alternative views.concern2:
See for yourself lor when parliament sits- some MPs u don't see during sessions; other MPs catching forty winks during speeches also hv..Has anyone gotten by not to voicing anything in parliament and just \"kee-chiu\" when required? :evil:
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if such "magic" can be done, the last poll’s winning margin wouldn’t be so thin.
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concern2:
Of course you should!Harlequin:
Sometime people itchy mouth, add juices in hyped season like this. Don't need to believe every rumors.
\"我们没法子，要投PAP..\"
So I should go tell them, \"别听这些胡言乱语！ 没这回事！想投给谁，就投给谁！投票是秘密的！“
I have some friends who are extremely active in opposition politics, one having stood in the last GE against the PAP.
There is no persecution, unlike what some folk will have you believe. -
Way2GO:
MP cast vote to green-light the motion? Or auto?
Hv to file motion to raise an issue for debate in parliament. Not be default nor by turns. Free for all during question time. There is a time limit of 20 mins per MP.
Can the motion be turned down? Like say the issue raised is not in public interest? -
3Boys:
Prolly feel indebted to d MIWs n is their way of expressing gratitude for gaining citizenship or more prolly self serving. Out of fear when some new citizens still hv other family members' PR n citizenship papers pending.
People will believe what they want to believe....concern2:
3Boys, I heard it first hand from a new citizen hor!! :rant:
Dat is d problem we r faced with when ppl cannot differentiate/delink public institutions such as d ICA fr d MIWs. -
concern2:
Harlequin:
Sometime people itchy mouth, add juices in hyped season like this. Don't need to believe every rumors.
\"我们没法子，要投PAP..\"
So I should go tell them, \"别听这些胡言乱语！ 没这回事！想投给谁，就投给谁！投票是秘密的！“
Maybe they give this answer just to counter the overzealous opposition's persuaders :evil: -
Way2GO:
Prolly feel indebted to d MIWs n is their way of expressing gratitude for gaining citizenship or more prolly self serving. Out of fear when some new citizens still hv other family members' PR n citizenship papers pending.
People will believe what they want to believe....3Boys:
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3Boys, I heard it first hand from a new citizen hor!! :rant:
Dat is d problem we r faced with when ppl cannot differentiate/delink public institutions such as d ICA fr d MIWs.[/quote]If they naturalise in a country because they like the place, because it's well run and provides economic opportunity with low unemployment, why would one want to rock the boat? And if the MIW is associated with that success, it's not unfair, is it? -
Harlequin:
LOL if it appears auto to u, its coz of d overwhelming PAP majority in parliament.
MP cast vote to green-light the motion? Or auto?Way2GO:
Hv to file motion to raise an issue for debate in parliament. Not be default nor by turns. Free for all during question time. There is a time limit of 20 mins per MP.
Can the motion be turned down? Like say the issue raised is not in public interest?
Ya, bills hv to be tabled, debated n voted before being passed into laws.
MPs can choose to vote with their conscience which may go against their party's motion. It has happened before, but too few n far in between.
There a party whip in place to ensure all MPs in d same party tow d party line, though on rare occasions on policies of where members r asked to vote with their conscience, a party can choose to lift d whip. -
3Boys:
Dat's fair.
If they naturalise in a country because they like the place, because it's well run and provides economic opportunity with low unemployment, why would one want to rock the boat? And if the MIW is associated with that success, it's not unfair, is it?
But it becomes an unhealthy problem when it is driven by fear, whether real or perceived.
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