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Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin apologises for using unparliamentary language 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...072023_cna

Personally I don't think this is really that big of a deal, just the usual PAP elitist attitude. Like I've always said, probably all of the PAP higher ups think this way, but only CCS is candid enough to do it right in front of everyone's face and he got the most flak. The rest of his PAP colleagues probably think the same but most wayang to show how "people oriented" they are.

However what really impressed me from this saga is Jamus and the WP did not kick up a ruckus despite this unforced error from TCJ. In fact we now know that even after TCJ personally apologized to Jamus, neither the latter nor the WP brought this up. We only know this through TCJ's own public admission.

This suggests to me that the WP's organizational maturity is up to par while Jamus's emotional stability and capability to hold himself is there. If the same thing had happened to any other oppo party, the people involved would have jumped up and down like baboons screaming for blood or at least make some corny statement painting themselves as victims being looked down upon by the PAP elites.