As long as candidates are honest with voters about it, Singapore’s health minister Ong Ye Kung said on Saturday ( Apr 26 ) that there is “nothing wrong” with doing political calculations and switching constituencies as .
Given that this is the third day of fighting for this General Election, he said the emphasis should be on policy ideas rather than politics.
” Simply be honest with voters, don’t suggest I’m doing it for them,” he said. That’s all I’m saying.
” But I do suggest that we are currently in evening four of the plan. I believe there was a lot of pleasure following the election and the various people who were stationed at various locations,” said Mr. Ong.
” I believe that pleasure, we probably have to put it behind us,” he said.
He is a leader of the People’s Action Party ( PAP ) slate against the SDP and the National Solidarity Party ( NSP) at the Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre in Sembawang GRC, while he was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his walkabout.
The walkabout also featured the various candidates for his Sembawang GRC crew, including Ms. Mariam Jaafar, Mr. Vikram Nair, Mr. Gabriel Lam, and Mr. Ng Shi Xuan.
On Saturday, Mr. Ong acknowledged that the SDP and PAP had spent some time responding to the statement he made during their first march for this basic vote on Thursday during their political protest remarks on Friday.
In his march talk, Mr. Ong claimed that Dr. Chee Quickly Juan, the SDP’s captain, needed to provide a more in-depth explanation of why he “abandoned Bukit Batok to come to Sembawang West.”
He was referring to Dr. Chee’s decision to challenge the previously established Sembawang West GRC at Bukit Batok SMC. In the most recent electoral boundaries report, Dr. Chee had formerly contested as a SDP participant in Bukit Batok SMC, which has since been merged into Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC.
A few Infosys candidates made reference to Mr. Ong’s claim in their march speeches that he had formerly “abandoned his Aljunied household” and relocated to Sembawang GRC in 2015. Mr. Ong was a member of the PAP team that lost to the Workers ‘ Party in Aljunied GRC in the 2011 elections.
The SDP individuals also questioned PAP’s decision to subject former MPs in another electoral districts for this poll.
According to Mr. Ong, who spoke to reporters on Saturday, the focus should be on the various policy proposals that the various factions have released.
” That is probably what people want to notice, and for many citizens, that is the foundation on which they will base their votes.”