It appears that a media blackout has been imposed on PAP supreme leader Lee Kuan Yew who was last heard in public announcing his stepping down from the Singapore cabinet last month.
Since then, the state media had not carry any news about the octagenarian Lee who usually dispenses his ‘pearls of wisdom’ to Singaporeans at least once a week.
Even Lee’s interview with a Japanese newspaper asahi.com on 17 June 2011 in which he implored Japan again to increase its aging population via immigration had not been reported in the press for three days.
Though Lee has sort of taken a ‘backseat’, there are still no major changes in the PAP’s policies other than some cosmetic changes announced in the aftermath of GE 2011 where the PAP lost a GRC for the first time.
A slew of problems which hogged the headlines during the election remain unsolved – the foreigners are still coming to Singapore, prices of HDB flats continue to go up and the rampant inflation shows no signs of abating.
As a matter of fact, PAP MPs have no power or say over the running of the nation. Major decisions are almost always made behind closed doors and tabled before parliament to be ratified without any discussion or debate.
While Lee may not have any official positions in the Singapore cabinet now, he remains a member of the powerful PAP CEC where the most important decisions governing Singapore are made.
On the eve of polling day, Lee reminded Singaporeans that Singapore still need ‘900,000 foreign workers on work permits’. The PAP may be rolling out the red carpet to welcome them right now as you are reading this article.
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