The Tiny Red Dot goes to polls. The rallies after a decade are refreshing, as candidates in the hyper amplified era of the digital speak to actual voters. I attended rallies in both 2011 and 2015, while the last one was the pandemic poll, and a remote experience.
PM Lawrence spoke about the PAP way in the Marseling rally with Pak Zaqy, who spoke in Malay regarding the issues of the Malay community.
Punjabi Harpreet spoke in Hokkien, Arab Alia spoke in Malay regarding the Palestinian conflict to Pritam who spoke with passion about the Hougang spirit. Chinese speech by Alexis was pro mode, and it helps being photogenic in the era of reels. Another WP candidate spoke in Cantonese. The dialects survive in the Nanyang.
The SDP sounded like an academic event apart from Ariffin speaking in Tamil quoting a Bharthiar poem. SPP tried to put on a presence as well.
The slate of opposition candidates is solid, and gives the Singaporean electorate options with a super majority PAP government orready a foregone conclusion.
The first day of rallies gives a good idea of the momentum until Labour Day.
Change Thinker 