Singaporeans are hoping for political change after the upcoming general elections.
Yet a contrarion voice among the opposition supporters believes otherwise.
Going by the name 'Albert Tay' on Facebook, the netizen reasoned that the time is not right yet for a change and that the opposition will not make any further inroads into parliament, apart from the seats for Hougang and Aljunied.
He also believes that it is to the benefit of the opposition if their optimism is managed:
It is better to predict that only Aljunied and Hougang will win, and then have a result of 1 or 2 more GRCs going to the Opposition, than to have high hopes for Change Of Government, only to see the results of even Aljunied losing.
The latter would be devastating, and I will soon lose momentum and hope, and give up once and for all. That happened to many people during GE2015, and the only mot**f**er who benefits from it, is the PAP.
Yes, optimism was in the air during the last elections. Look what happened.
But to play down the opposition optimism does not necessarily do the opposition parties themselves any favours.
Singaporeans need to be engaged and need to be convinced.
If there is an admission of defeat even before the electoral boundaries are drawn, no one will bother turning up for the rallies.
The PAP must know that they are in a constest.
They must hear the voices of the people loud and clear.
