In an interview with Zaobao in 2010, Chee Soon Juan was asked if he regretted going into politics.
“Absolutely not. I’m not saying this to sound like some hero. I really do love teaching and research, that’s my first love. But to fight for democracy for Singapore, now that’s a bigger and more pressing mission. I have no regrets whatsoever,” he said.
By his own admission, Chee is in politics to fight for democracy. That is a bigger and more pressing mission to him.
What kind of democracy is he fighting for? Whose definition of democracy is he fighting for?
So you think he cares for the residents of Bukit Batok?
Bukit Batok, for Chee, represents an opportunity for him, another chance to get into parliament where he can voice his ideas of 'democracy'.
That is why he has no concrete plans for Bukit Batok beyond the empty rhetoric of "We are One. We are Bukit Batok".
And that is also why Sadasivam Veriyah, the SDP candidate who stood in Bukit Batok in 2015 had to make way for him.
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