Should Chee leave politics?

SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan is adamant he will stay on in politics despite garnering only 38.79 per cent of the votes in the recent Bukit Batok by-election.

But is his string of five losses in close to 25 years an indication that he should leave instead?

CHEE'S SWANSONG

Political analyst Mustafa Izzuddin told The New Paper: "As much as I believe the Bukit Batok by-election was Dr Chee's swansong in his political career, I do not believe he will quit politics, because it has been in his DNA for more than 20 years."

National University of Singapore sociologist Tan Ern Ser agreed, adding that there are many examples of opposition leaders elsewhere whose tenacity eventually paid off.

"Moreover, he has already invested much time and energy in politics and it'd seem like a waste to his cause (to exit politics)," he said.

But Dr Mustafa, a fellow at the Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute, remains sceptical about Dr Chee's chances of being elected into Parliament.

DOUBTFUL HE WILL STRIKE PARLIAMENTARY GOLD

"As much as one has to applaud the determination of Dr Chee to keep going despite losing every time he has contested, it is highly doubtful that he will strike parliamentary gold eventually.

"It will take an extraordinary turn of events, both politically and economically, for Dr Chee to make it into Parliament under the current circumstances of entrenched one-party dominance," he explained.

Associate Professor Eugene Tan from the Singapore Management University, on the other hand, saw a possibility with a caveat: Dr Chee needs to make a "substantive change".
 

 CHARACTER IS PERMANENT

But he quickly added: "I don't think a leopard will ever change its spots."

He said: "This is someone who's trying to milk voters' sympathy. He was trying essentially to reinforce that he has been persecuted - not only him, but his entire family has had to suffer, and so that's why he's deserving of people's support."

POWER HUNGER

The law don said he also saw Dr Chee's hunger for power in the by-election.

When the People's Action Party (PAP) incumbent MP David Ong resigned, Dr Chee was the one who decided he would contest in the by-election.

"He made the decision on his own accord. Unless he did a CEC (central executive committee) meeting over the phone," he said.
 
 ELECTION NOT ABOUT PARTY OR EVEN VOTERS. IT WAS ALL ABOUT CHEE.

Calling SDP Dr Chee's alter ego, he said: "The election was not about the party, or even the voters. It was all about him."

Political experts pointed to what they felt is a more pertinent question: Should Dr Chee continue to be the SDP's main man?

GOING FORWARD, DOES SDP WANT TO REMAIN A CHEE-CENTRIC PARTY?

Said Dr Mustafa: "The decision SDP has to make is whether they would want to remain a Chee-centric party or look beyond Dr Chee, with others fronting the party, going forward.

"While one can foresee SDP contesting Bukit Batok SMC again in future, it is less certain at this point whether it will be Dr Chee who will stand there again in the next election."

Prof Tan said: "To put it bluntly, despite what is generally regarded as a good showing, Dr Chee should really examine if he's the best person to lead the SDP."

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He loves the adulation of man.

Residents or supporters? These people knew his 'thank you' route in advance and are all lined up to wait for his arrival.

How much of what you see is real?

According to Chee Soon Juan, he was running against the media and state machinery (see here: http://bit.ly/1YfO9dO).

Why CSJ lost according to Bilahari Kausikan in a facebook status:

The primary reason CSJ lost is CSJ. I did not know the PAP has lost every SMC by-election since 1981, as stated in this article . If this is true then the reason CSJ has given for his defeat is clearly rubbish as other opposition candidates must have faced the same factors and won. This defeat ought to give the SDP a lot to think about. Can they ever win as long as CSJ is party leader? I doubt it as an egomaniac will always become the main issue.

https://www.facebook.com/bilahari.kausikan/posts/1742399902684098

Chee Soon Juan in his own words: No I haven't changed.

Chee Soon Juan a changed man? Not according to himself.

He said he has not changed. Only your perception of him has changed.

And why has your perception of him changed?

Because he has been working full-time to change your perception of him.

Which is very consistent with his character of lying and deceiving. 
 
Not only has he not changed, he is also not sorry about his past.

Chee told Wanbao he was not sorry about his past. He said he has no regrets about his past.

Character is permanent. Chee Soon Juan could not be trusted in the past. And he still cannot be trusted now.

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The Doer vs the Talker: who do you prefer to be your MP?

Chee Soon Juan is the talker. That is why he is holding rally after rally. Two rallies already with one more coming and you bet there will be another one before cooling off day.

He's only interested in talking. He's not interested in listening to what residents have to say.

Murali, on the other hand, is the doer, the one who works quietly to get things done, to help residents, to meet their needs.

He has in place a job placement programme in place for Bukit Batok.

And now he has turned his attention also to healthcare working in partnership with The Good Life Cooperative.

Chee Soon Juan goes on and on about the costs of living and he asks to be voted in so that he could go to parliament to talk about cost of living .

Murali, on the other hand, gets down to doing real work to reduce costs, in this case, cost of healthcare.

One is a doer who identifies the needs and work to find solutions to meet the needs.

The other is a glib talker who pretends he is concerned for your needs.

Who do you prefer to the your MP?

And the fox to the farmer: "Hire me to look after your hen house. I have the perfect plan."

Assassinated by his own past

Historical facts are not smear. Historical facts represent the truth concerning Chee.

Chee's character is defined by the history of his own deeds.

His character is assassinated by his own past.

Even his own party member and leader, Paul Tambyah, could find no defence for him except to declare that one should not question Chee's character and to make an astounding statement that a person is not defined by their actions or words.

As astounding as the statement is, it is also an admission that Chee's words and actions were not honourable. Hence the need to separate his deeds from his character. What a joke.

Paul Tambyah did not deny any of the facts that had been presented concerning Chee's past because he could not.

Why did Chee talk about wanting 'clean politics' that make no personal attack?

Not because he is an honourable man but because his closet is full of skeletons and of course he did not want any of these skeletons out in the open.

What Chee Soon Juan is proud of

Heckling then Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong during the general election in 2001 is one of the things that he is proud of.

Backstabbing his mentor, Chiam See Tong and wrangling SDP from his mentor is another deed he is proud of.

According to Chee Soon Juan, SDP is his best 'CV'.

Then he must surely be proud of how he came to be the secretary-general of SDP.

Back in 1995, he backstabbed his mentor, Chiam See Tong and wrangled the party, founded in 1980 by Chiam, from him. Chiam was then expelled from the party.

Chee really wanted Chiam to lose his seat in Parliament because after Chiam's ouster, he wrote to the Speaker of Parliament to inform him and to ask for any further necessary action to be taken!

What is this 'further necessary action'?

The Constitution says that an MP who loses membership of the party he represented in a general election automatically loses his seat in Parliament.

However, Chiam contested the action of SDP in court. He won and kept his seat until the next general election when he left SDP to form SPP.



His character is so bad that Dr Paul Tambyah made a desperate plea to people not to discuss his character and made the most ridiculous and astounding statement ever from a doctor. 

 The character of Chee Soon Juan is like a disease. Too much exposure to this disease can affect one's ability to think clearly and intelligently.

Frankly speaking, the good doctor should quit SDP before he finds that he is defined by Chee Soon Juan's and SDP's actions.