Thanks 'commenter'.All my earlier comments about Mr NMP have been deleted by TODAY.They were not abuse and I was mainly stating facts.Must have touched a raw nerve with the Editors.The Straits Times has gone completely hush on this issue.Do we need the NMP scheme when it is clearly impartial?

TSM: "Calvin Cheng and the Select Committee have further damaged the institution of the NMP scheme, a uniquely Singaporean tool of deinstitutionalizing the role of a multi party system or any semblance of true democracy." In my opinion, the people who should take the rap for this are those sitting on the selection committee of which 7 out of 8 are PAP MPs. This once again, is an opportunity for us to once again be reminded of how unreliable the PAP MPs are acting as a group where it really counts in our lives.

By dismissing his affilication with the YPAP as curiousity, Mr. Cheng had diminished his own standing in the public space. There will always be doubts as to whether his involvment in any issue is due to conviction or mere curiousity. He cannot hope to be taken seriously after this.