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Coming GE a test of Workers’ Party’s performance

I refer to the article “Splinter parties point to fragmented Opposition” (May 22). In any country and political scene, history tends to repeat itself and a fragmented, incongruous Opposition tends to be easily defeated by the governing party.

I refer to the article “Splinter parties point to fragmented Opposition” (May 22). In any country and political scene, history tends to repeat itself and a fragmented, incongruous Opposition tends to be easily defeated by the governing party.

Also, the major lapses the Auditor-General found in Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council have raised concerns and doubts about the ability of Singapore’s leading opposition party, the Workers’ Party (WP), its transparency of governance and its integrity.

People may be asking why it did not take one step at a time, instead of staking everything on a single venture by combining its electoral constituencies into one entity.

Logic had suggested that the WP lacked the appropriate management experience, necessary resources and reliable expertise to manage such a huge town council.

Was the WP being overambitious, confident or complacent? Was it applying the principle of economies of scale to benefit its constituents?

Either way, the coming General Election will be a crucial, rigorous test of the WP’s overall performance in Parliament and in governing its town council.

Nevertheless, any political scene is bound to have splinter parties that struggle to present their best administration methodologies and governance ideologies to win over voters. It may even be healthy.

However, one rule or tactic they should preferably abide by in the elections is unity — no back-stabbing one another.

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