Shanmugam and Sylvia Lim put up ‘wayang kulit’ over Woffles Wu case in parliament
Posted by temasektimes on August 15, 2012
In other democracies like Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, MPs often engage in heated debates to the extent of coming to blows with each other, but in Singapore, a simple exchange was blown out of proportion by the state media to portrayed it as a ‘clash’ to mislead unsuspecting Singaporeans into believing there is a real ‘debate’ taking place.
In response to questions raised by Ms Lim on the conviction of Woffles Wu for abetment of giving false information to the police, Mr Shanmugam gave the facts regarding the matter and a schedule of cases where a fine was imposed.
Ms Lim did not ask further questions to challenge the Minister and the rather civil exchange stopped thereafter, ending another pathetic performance by the Workers Party, now known as the PAP’s ‘B’ team in parliament.
Despite promising to ‘slap’ the co-driver if it falls asleep during the election rallies last year, the WP MPs have been sleeping, if not hibernating so far in parliament, asking mostly trivial questions like PSLE textbooks, overseas voting and the Woffles Wu case which are of little relevance or importance to ordinary Singaporeans while conveniently avoiding the major sensitive issues.
In Russia, the ruling United Russia Party has successfully co-opted a few ‘opposition’ parties to marginalize the real opposition parties aiming to overthrow the Kremlin’s dictatorial rule and reform the political system.
The same scenario may be happening in Singapore as the Workers Party continue to put up a grand ‘wayang kulit’ to deceive Singaporeans into believing that it is an ‘alternative’ to the PAP when there is none.