[TopSage]

Goh Meng Seng is a born loser who whine like a spoiled child

Let me clarify.

While opposition parties are united in their efforts against the PAP, they also remain competitors among themselves. They vie for limited resources, talent, and public recognition. In this context, the Workers’ Party (WP) has invested significant effort in Marine Parade over the past 15 years. However, due to changes in GRC boundaries, they have assessed that Punggol may offer a better electoral opportunity. Unfortunately, they do not have the depth of talent required to contest both GRCs effectively.

Given this situation, it is unrealistic to expect WP to inform a competing opposition candidate like Goh Meng Seng, “We’ve spent 15 years building our presence in Marine Parade, but due to constraints, please feel free to take over our groundwork.”
If the WP had chosen to remain in Marine Parade, they could have easily fielded a secondary team that would likely outperform Goh Meng Seng’s team.

PPP secretary-general Goh Meng Seng took to Facebook to criticise the WP for what he called a pattern of abandoning constituencies during past general elections.

He said the WP abandoned Jalan Besar (formerly Moulmein-Kallang) in GE2015, MacPherson in 2020 and now Marine Parade-Braddell Heights in GE2025.

He asked: “Will they abandon Tampines voters in GE2030 and leave it uncontested and (a) walkover again?”

Mr Goh, who is leading the PPP team in a four-cornered fight in Tampines GRC, said WP’s move is an “irresponsible and senseless manoeuvre” as it denied about 130,000 Marine Parade-Braddell Heights GRC residents the chance to vote.

He added that if WP had made its intention clear earlier, PPP would have contested the GRC

[Bigiron]

Any evidence boh ....from GMS that they have build their presents over there?

For worker party yes but ...as what Pritam Singh have mentioned on the 25th of march this year according to the post . It seems that the area that they have mostly work on have been cut out and plus the campaign period have been only 9 days with limited resources.

[Marge Simpson]

Since the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee 2025 report was released about two weeks, there has been significant public commentary, especially by young Singaporeans questioning the fairness of the political boundary redrawing process by the PAP government. 

Gerrymandering? 

“It happens in Western democracies too! Where do you think the word came from?”

This was one intervention of the PAP in parliament when confronted with facts that showed how the boundaries of SMCs or GRCs - which see close electoral fights between the opposition and PAP - change or disappear by the time the next general elections come around. 

For many keen political observers of the latest EBRC 2025 report, incredulity abound when “population growth” was cited to be the reason behind one of the most radical redrawing of boundaries Singapore has seen in recent memory.  

Boundaries are important, and the reasons that justify their changes, matters. A lot. 

In 2016, during the Bukit Batok SMC by-election, then Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a media interview that PAP candidate and Grassroots Adviser Murali Pillai would already have been a Member of Parliament had a part of Aljunied GRC been an SMC at GE2015. 

How so? In 2015, Murali Pillai was a member of the losing PAP Aljunied team. The division he oversaw as the People’s Association Grassroots Adviser and PAP branch chairman polled higher than the other divisions of his PAP colleagues in Aljunied GRC. 

Apart from highlighting that no opposition constituency is a safe-seat and the risk of an opposition wipe-out is an ever-existent reality, Lee’s revelation was instructive. The results of individual wards and precincts, even in GRCs, are closely watched. 

It is not out of place for Singaporeans to wonder how voters in the 15 precincts (in yellow below) that have been cut out from the former Marine Parade GRC into East Coast GRC cast their vote in GE2020. Perhaps the former PM or someone from the PAP can make that information public too, and allow the public to draw its own conclusions.

Why is the work of the EBRC important for ordinary Singaporeans? Because we all seek a meaningful stake in the country we call home – for a functioning and robust social compact that creates trust, so that we are all invested in our shared future. This is the spirit captured by the Forward Singapore report – a report where fairness was upheld as a shared value of all Singaporeans.

But when question marks about fairness abound right from square one, on an issue as fundamental as how we organize ourselves politically as a nation, values like fairness can lose their meaning. And opaque institutions like the EBRC carry a real risk of being unwittingly divisive, putting paid to a united people – ironically, one that is needed most at a time of important geopolitical shifts, potential external shocks and demographic transition. 

A report can be called anything. Forward Singapore, Singapore Together, Singapore 21 or Turbo-charge Singapore. 

All the latest version of the EBRC report does, is to show us how much further we have to go to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality. But each generation can and must do its part. And become one united people.

Step up. 

Let’s press on to build a more balanced political system. It can be done. 

Useful Links:
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Prof Kevin Tan: Electoral Democracy and Boundaries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ELuRVzgSlg

Jom Media: How did I get here? Gerrymandering in Singapore – https://www.jom.media/how-did-i-get-here...singapore/

CNA: GE2025 – For voters in redrawn GRCs, municipal issues are key, but some misgivings over perceived gerrymandering -https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ge2025-grc-west-east-coast-marine-parade-aljunied-gerrymandering-ebrc-5000391

Rice Media: If electoral boundaries make no sense, the EBRC’s explanation only makes things more confusing - https://www.ricemedia.co/current-affairs...ense-ebrc/

TikTok: jo - https://www.tiktok.com/@suchabohr/video/...1069640978

Aloysuis on Medium: A Spatial and Statistical Analysis of Singapore’s EBRC 2025 report - https://medium.com/@aloysius-sg/spatial-...252951eb78

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[TopSage]

Any evidence boh ....from GMS that they have build their presents over there?

For worker party yes but ...as what Pritam Singh have mentioned on the 25th of march this year according to the post . It seems that the area that they have mostly work on have been cut out and plus the campaign period have been only 9 days with limited resources.

Goh Meng Seng’s team appears to lack the calibre and talent needed for serious political contest. If a party cannot contribute meaningfully, it may be more responsible for them to step aside rather than disrupt the efforts of others.
In politics, especially within the opposition, there’s a general understanding: you don’t attack your fellow opposition members publicly, you try to resolve differences privately. Unfortunately, Goh Meng Seng has not followed this principle and has openly criticized others without hesitation.
Now think about this, have you ever heard Pritam Singh badmouth other opposition parties? Has Leong Mun Wai ever made public attacks against fellow opposition members? They maintain a level of professionalism and unity that helps strengthen the broader opposition movement.
Perhaps it’s time for weaker opposition parties that add little value to take a step back, allowing stronger and more credible ones to lead the way.
As voters, we have a role to play. It's important to support parties that are constructive, capable, and committed, not those that divide and distract.

[Bigiron]

Goh Meng Seng’s team appears to lack the calibre and talent needed for serious political contest. If a party cannot contribute meaningfully, it may be more responsible for them to step aside rather than disrupt the efforts of others.
In politics, especially within the opposition, there’s a general understanding: you don’t attack your fellow opposition members publicly, you try to resolve differences privately. Unfortunately, Goh Meng Seng has not followed this principle and has openly criticized others without hesitation.
Now think about this, have you ever heard Pritam Singh badmouth other opposition parties? Has Leong Mun Wai ever made public attacks against fellow opposition members? They maintain a level of professionalism and unity that helps strengthen the broader opposition movement.
Perhaps it’s time for weaker opposition parties that add little value to take a step back, allowing stronger and more credible ones to lead the way.
As voters, we have a role to play. It's important to support parties that are constructive, capable, and committed, not those that divide and distract.

Yes I totally agree .

[talky]

Yes I totally agree .

this monkey goh seng seng is a street rat!!

[pinkypanther]

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