Tampines GRC MP Baey Yam Keng attempting to help the PAP evade accountability

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Ah Baey attempting to help the PAP evade accountability with a technicality.

As reported by the PAP TODI Paper: http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC130108-0000033/AIM-deal-begs-questions--Tan-Cheng-Bock.....

... Ah Baey seems to be saying that we should not be politicizing the AIM affair and that "the matter had been unnecessarily politicized". Carrying his argument a little further, he stressed and reminded readers that Town Councils are managed by political parties and are therefore not "a public service company" even though they provide a public service. Woah! How the PAP had evolved the art of double-talk to now, triple-talk.

Politicians, as public servants, no longer are servants of the public once they enter the realm of town councils - in Ah Baey's opinion.

First he says we should not politicize the AIM issue, then he reasoned that town councils are not "public service companies" even though they serve the purpose of providing public service, and finally, that town councils are political entities. Would you believe any of these? Does anyone understand at all? Please help me!

And as if that wasn't confusing enough, he went even further to tangle his point up by saying that "the town councils do not belong to the government, are governed by government regulations, are definitely not run by civil servants, and they are not a public agency". That's moving from triple-talk to quad-talk. Bravo, Bravo! Standing ovation please.

I shall leave it to readers to decipher that one else i get furnished with a lawyer's letter for insinuating the minds of the public.

When the issue of 'conflict of interest' was finally put to him, he conveniently chided and side-stepped it by insisting that the sole question should be whether "AIM had failed in its commitment to the town councils" - therefore closing the chapter by shifting the focus away from the issue regarding 'conflict of interest' - which, till today, have yet to be answered or addressed by anyone from the PAP.

Well, Singaporeans are still waiting and we will continue to wait. It's all up to you, PAP. For the sake of integrity and nothing else, please tackle the issue.

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