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Voters should elect only candidates with substance

Many political parties and their candidates have announced their promises and manifestos. Most of their messages may seem sugar-coated and too good to be true, but we must be realistic and recognise that there is no ideal plan to please everyone.

A resident casting a vote at the polling station during the Punggol East by-election in 2013. Voters must be realistic and recognise that no candidate’s ideal plan can please everyone. TODAY FILE PHOTO

A resident casting a vote at the polling station during the Punggol East by-election in 2013. Voters must be realistic and recognise that no candidate’s ideal plan can please everyone. TODAY FILE PHOTO

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Delane Lim Zi Xuan

Many political parties and their candidates have announced their promises and manifestos. Most of their messages may seem sugar-coated and too good to be true, but we must be realistic and recognise that there is no ideal plan to please everyone.

We must first clear our minds before we vote for any party and be mature enough to see who can serve the people and the country. It concerns our lives and our future generation.

We must consider if the creation or abolishment of certain policies that seem attractive to Singaporeans are sustainable. Have future implications been considered? We must also protect our social and economic stability.

Whatever system of running the country various parties propose in terms of approaches, plans and processes, we must ask ourselves whether these are well thought through, and whether the policies will affect or jeopardise daily life here and Singapore’s standing in world.

We should vote for someone with substance, and not only stature, and someone who can make an impact or significant change in Parliament, and not only an ordinary Member of Parliament (MP) who takes charge of his or her constituency.

Voters must question how an elected MP can serve his or her residents and Singaporeans at large.

More importantly, whoever we elect as the Government or our MP must be able to make sound judgments and policies with the purpose of creating a safe country in which we can live, work, play and study.

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