An Ex-Politician on Today's Political Landscape | Inconvenient Questions
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- 0:00 Intro
1:35 The DNA of the PAP
2:09 The different leadership styles of PMs
4:06 Fighting for SMEs
5:06 How to be critical in Parliament
6:51 Tough conversations behind the scenes
9:06 Why are PAP candidates advisors for Grassroots Organisations in opposition wards?
11:27 Inderjit's advice for opposition parties
13:51 Thoughts on the 4G leadership
15:43 Minister Shanmugam as DPM?
17:16 Upcoming GE predictions
18:49 What Singaporeans are concerned about
21:33 Inderjit’s analysis of past elections
24:30 Inderjit's advice for the PAP
In this episode of Inconvenient Questions, we sit down with former PAP Member of Parliament Ang Mo Kio GRC Inderjit Singh to unpack his honest thoughts on the ruling party and the political landscape of today.
This video is part of a series of interviews and discussions hosted on the Inconvenient Questions channel.
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#singapore #GE2015 #GE2020
Credits:
Host: Viswa Sadasivan
Guest: Inderjit Singh
Executive Producer: Ilyas Sholihyn
Producer: Eudea Tan
Camera Operators: Stephanie Lee, Leon Tai, Xue Qi Ow Yeong
Editor: Leon Tai
Now, this is how a really good interview should be conducted. Both host and interviewee are excellent.
Oh yes , particularly liked the parts where Both Quick to squeeze in abt their Political “ achievements “ … typical Double Dippers 😂😂 😂…
Sounds like both Trying to remain Relevant 😂
One of the most trusted MPs during his time because of his strong criticisms and alignment with the people over the party, greatest of respects to Mr. Singh. It is decades long policy and constitutional changes that have grown distrust in the PAP's ability to understand what the people want and what they need.
well said
Trusted ? …More like a Double Dipper using State Secrets to advance his Own Commercial Interests 😊
Trusted ? … Don’t be fooled by Eye & Ear Candy…😂😂
very true. Adding to that many may have seen through the PAP rhetorics. The Raaesah's case may be seen as PAP guiding her to answer. Adding to that Pritam's court case maybe seen as an attempt to soften the effect of Iswaran's case.
Cannot relate. PAP is serving my interests well and as someone who is well travelled , I can’t find a better government than the one in Singapore
As always, an outspoken and trusted person. His worry on middle income and middle aged population is very correct, and his direct comment on housing crisis is candid.
I always hold high regards for Mr Indejit Singh
me too. He is just like Tan Cheng Bock. They are straight talkers and was willing to correct their stand when it was wrong
He definitely proved that he is worthy of respect in the first place
Middle income, with family including children and parent are the worst. Neither here or there, no significant payout and sandwiched between 3 generations and have to take care of their children and parent needs before their own. Meeting needs is already a problem, retirement is something they fear of thinking. There are alot of missing middles for this group, easily can swing the votes because all these issues like cost of living and housing are wicked problems not exactly solved over past elections and it is getting worst. When engaged on these problem, its either flanked or not addressing the problem directly.
But its such a pity Inderjit not serving anymore. He knows the Job to be done framework.
Don’t put too much faith on these voters. These are not new problems and we have not seen any swings before. All your coffee shop KPKB will not turn into votes for the opposition. We might see a slight decrease in votes for the ruling party and that’s about it.
These 2 Clowns think SG Dumb & Naive …
i like this. Very direct questions and answers. Please have more of these please
Everything Staged … Shepherds Guiding Sheep how to Vote 😊
If you want more of these, then vote for more alternative parties.
It is interesting to see even a former PAP MP thinks the rising cost/housing problems could have been avoided if government did a better job.
Would love to see him explain what exactly PAP did wrongly though. Maybe just not enough time.
@@benchiaase
Pap was solid back then because of mp’s like Inderjeet. He wasn’t there to aspire to climb the ladder like a civil servant. He served the people with convictions. He dared to tell the minister the useless small utilities room made no sense.
Rise in land price, flows onto higher building prices, rentals & food prices in common diners. Higher CoE, transport costs, flows down higher food prices......a few causes
Thank RICE media for sharing this video, and i enjoy listening to Inderjit Singh shared his candid thoughts and final words of advice as well. Indeed "trust" is something that any party, whether ruling or opposition need to really win/demonstrate to us the voters....that the elected MPs/govts really watched our back and look after the needys of the aged and marginalized out there.
This is a high quality interview - Viswa's excellent in asking pertinent questions, allowing space for answers and contextualising points all so clearly. Looking forward to more from RICE and Viswa.
my wife and I are in our early 30s.. failed in bto.. got resale.. aspire to upgrade but property prices are rising faster than wages.. have to support old and young.. life is tough.. the generations of late 40s and 50s are happy with their property returns but is our generation that has to slog to afford the sky high prices
Assume your BTO or flat, now no longer 99 lease. It has extended to 119 or 129 . How will you feel.
BTO means waiting for more years before you have your own place.
Your turn will come, bre patient... as long as we stop hoping hdb drop in value.
"aspire to upgrade". See how this generation has been brainwashed by property agents selling fomo
Bro. Don't forget. Your salaries are probably 2x ours of the 50s!!!
This MP is one i respected decades ago for his public criticism of his own pay master!! Salute u sir!! He dare to criticize the govt and we need more MP like him who loves sg n want the best of Everyone
WHY were they notMinisters?
@@siewhockhuang2563 Cos they r not pure puppets of the govt
Look forward to more of such great quality and candid interviews, was hoping for it to be longer or perhaps part 2,3,4 to come?
Nothing will last forever! They only way to survive is we have to keep changing and improving our policy and leadership till we are ahead of the World!
Finally an insightful intelligent interview.
We want more content such as this
Waiting for episode 2
have been watching Viswa and his IQ since Uni days -- even considered applying for an internship there but the thought didn't go through, good work as always!! I wish all in government can articulate as candidly as Mr Singh, we'd see a very different Singapore.
Incisive frank , honest views.THANK YOU to both.
Great video, good feedback for pap to connect with younger gen
Bravo
Great interview. Never heard of Inderjit Singh, but he speaks lots of sense.
A constructive observation if I may...both use the words "strong men" in the party a few times. Why not strong women too? I think there are some potential women DPMs in the current government and in the opposition Worker's Party - potential woman leader too. Isn't it time for Singapore's political parties to break this glass ceiling?
I agree with the sentiment that the government was seen as bullying in the Raesha Khan matter. Also the continuing saga with Pritam Singh...just downright bullying.
Great insight into the inner mechanations of the ruling party. Thank you. Hope to hear more of you.
i like inderjit, he thinks, and he says what he thinks, and he has respect for people for who they are not what uniform they wear
Well spoken. Honest and clear interview. We need this kind of MP. MP lost touch with residence. I don't feel Singaporeans at times. Is this my country of 80s n 90s. If u hold singapore flag , police come after you. My opinion singapore is a semi communist state. With bill on pofma. It doesn't make different to me. Singapore is not for Singaporeans now. Even my friends feel like that. Lot of memories are gone. We Singaporeans are passing time just because we are born here. The agenda of PAP is what I'm more consent. When China is bullying in South China sea singapore play a low tone, when Russia whack Ukraine singapore jump like a tiger when they are hiding behind the Americans. I just feel less Singaporean now. As a minority China mainland people are asking me if I'm a Singaporean. Haha I feel we have been hijack in our own country. I'm 53 I'm thinking whom to vote this coming election. Giving Money before election are make no interest to me. I don't where singapore is heading. This is our country.beling to Singaporeans.majulah singapura
This is a very good interview. On the point about the PA controlling the grassroots in the opposition wards, I agree fully with Viswa, it is counter intuitive but let me explain. How many votes does the PA influence to vote for the PAP? Probably hundreds, for those who participate in the activities. How many votes does the perception of the PAP being unfair, influence to vote against the PAP? Many thousands. Most of the population live their lives without any interaction with the community grassroot organisations.
If they think through this, they will realise why they lost Seng Kang.
solid
PM Lee apologised to the voters in 2011. We are still seeing the same old problems (and more) in 2024 and as Mr Singh said, the needle has not moved significantly. How long do we have to wait then? I also agree with Mr Singh that the votes will not change much from the last election because I think the voters just want the government to change and not change the government. History has shown that the massive turnouts at opposition rallies and all the KPKB by the voters etc will not turn into votes for the opposition. Don’t take the ‘sentiments’ and ‘views’ from the ground too seriously. Voters still want to have the cake and eat it. The ruling party will have some concerns but it’s far from a dire situation for them yet for at least the next few elections. Don’t blame the PAP for doing the same thing over and over again because it’s the voters who keep giving them the thumbs up every five years. However I do think that the declining birth rate is not just a global trend but also citizens taking a more negative view of the future.
until today i don't know what he apologised for. he just apologised without context.
dam good interview... but too short. would be good to have it longer to hear more issue..
Yes. He’s one of most objective, neutral n candid MP who says things as they are n not afraid to speak truth! Even now in retirement, he’s still just as candid. I guess leopards never change their spots? In this case, it’s good leopard with good spots! Why change?
Mr. Singh is vocal to say things not so pleasant to the ruling PAP. Bravo.
We need more people like Mr Singh, and it doesn't matter which party..But yes, trust has been broken, and i didnt agree about the old people being ok..Once strongest supporters of PAP they have been losing trust with the incumbents..second is the majority of young voters who are vocal now and won't take things lying around. A generation that goes against bullying of any sorts, the stunts that the govt pull sometimes to "fix" the opposition doesn't go very well with the youth.
PAP needs to seriously remove discrimination against working parents with young children in Singapore’s workplaces. Seen so many employers using “poor performances” during appraisals to penalise them for taking childcare leaves or unpaid leaves for families.
Errant Employers especially, will use every excuse in their disposal to justify their actions… 👎🏻
That is one of the main reasons why the birth rates are so dangerously low.
One of the more honest uncensored interview in a long time. A longer interview would have been better.
Wee Shu min take on sinkies was true…”if you're not good enough, life will kick you in the balls. that's just how things go"
Granting PRs is also within their controls,money in n out of financial institutions r also within their control,and also checking the influx of migrant workers n reviewing their work permits..all of these r within the control of the gov..
Power to all Singaporeans!!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Distributed style, what that means?
The higher middle income has been squeezed whatever policy changes. The last increase in income ceiling is not proportionate to the increase in property prices hikes. As usual, dun qualify for public housing, neither can afford pte properties! The recent changes in hdb classifications n policy changes dun address the high BTO prices. They are merely distractions n changes the focus to localities n its effects. Even the recently introduced interim rental allowance while waiting for BTO with income ceiling n rental types still squeezes them out. This is a category who are not entitled to many grants, yet dun get even 1 cherry pick of public housing.
Following that logic if a losing candidate can assume the PA grassroots advisor position then all those losing opposition candidate should be the grassroots advisor position as well but this was not practiced?
PM Lee's style is "distributive" that is so true!
No matter how passionate and critical of any policy, if the cabinet gods have decided on going ahead with any laws, the PAP MPs also cannot vote against it. Only the oppo can vote against and they have shown they do.
we want results - not artist or fashion designers to run office
Amazing that the mainstream media fails to do this interview but Rice Media. 🤨
Inderjit mentions many valid points especially on PAP losing touch with the ground.
Whoever advised them on doing Tiktok videos should harass-kiri if it backfired. Like whodafuq cares about TingTong vids?
Also the issue of job discrimination is increasing and TAFEP is nothing but a waste of payers’ monies.
The BTO is a total failure with prices continuing to climb. Why is that so because demand still exceeds supply.
With truthful MP like him, Im taken aback how bad the governance and policies are. Those of us who volunteer and see MP working know they are decent and hardworking. Its policies like GST 9% and the unhinged prices that force people to go the other way.
You ended with "Trust". I don't trust the government. You go to sengkang, some of the people waited 20 years for a hawker centre to be built. Trust? You tell people to have children and the childcare cost is absolutely insane even after government "subsidy". 50 year balance HDB leases can see a 30% hike instead of following the Balas table. Mind you, I'm thankfully incredibly healthy, I never step into a hospital but that one, phew.
A lot of these problems are not new, they happened in 2009, and you allow them to repeat in 2020-2022. And Mr Singh, you're right about WP. Actually, you don't even have to put very good candidates to win. I think the policy formulation better have some improvement or get new people to write them, people with on the ground experience. Based on how good some PAP candidates are, they don't deserve to be sullied by poorly formulated policies.
Biggest problem with pap now: they only can field civil servants who have a different way of thinking about politics. In fact, they get so uncomfortable when WP is politicising an issue. They expect WP - rightfully voted in - to be subservient to them. Bloody joke.
@@windydragon6522 PAP don't really field just civil servant, but the minister and legislation are dictated by a bunch of civil servants who all group think and don't factor in average people.
And they are literally producing bad fiscal policies and can give wrong money. WP the candidate honestly are not as good, the minute theirs is better than the PAP people will pounce on the opportunity.
We need Inderjit Singh back, as a Minister preferably
The old are very happy. Where did IS get this from?
His perception. He can be wrong without doing a survey..
It depends on who you're asking. The majority of the Merdeka generation are comparatively less stressed than those who have just started out.
NOPE, not me for sure!!!
He's retired politician - but he's a businessman so he's still a politician
the new retirees with their retirement funds severely depreciated and cost of living running wild are a group often wrongly assessed. it is short sighted to think that they are a contended group.
Who Controls the Media , Controls the Narrative… LKY’s Dirty Habits 😊
Government must focus on redducing inflation to2% but has done nothing but allowing market to decide on the course, inflation is still high. Giving CDC vouchers is not the way to solve this, it is short sighted to say the least.
What i cannot understand why the general election is done at short notice and not maybe one year in advance for all interested parties to sufficiently prepared themselves for the competition and the voters are fairly given suffucient well prepared capable candidates to be elected. Anything done in a rush is not a healthy practice resulting in making a weak decision based on that circumstances due to insufficient time for a proper assessment.
Wish Modi/BJP India made a similar comment on social cohesion over economic benefits
Big problems wont be solved as they cant and they wont. Just the usual kick the bucket to the next generation of leaders. This is definitely not the type of leaders who demand ridiculous remuneration but not the ownership to resolve the big problems
Wen GE??
After payout transfer lah
Wat kind of a question lah bro
When compared, our G has done above par in taking care of our people.
How to stop vendors charge unjustified high price, stop youngsters take Grab and drink BBT, reject high import cost? That's a different challenge to upset which group that even parents can't do. We need to adapt to build self resilience.
The nation can complain n sulk, we hv no natural resources nothing we can do except printing money to mask the gaps.
No mention of how the ex-speaker of parliament could have an MP as a mistress and carry on his duties for many years and get paid???
I like yr video I am not Politician man I only ordinary lay man and without degree.I know the ground from 1975 UpTo 2023.My contribution was in the News Paper more then 16 times . From my opinion I agreed with Mr Inderjit Singh even on the 2006 ST He said In fact the PM Lee would prefer us to speak up rather than not .We can help provide imputs to strengthen or improve certain policies.I love to see all of us to live peacefully together I love Humanity.
Interrupted Mr Inderjit a few times to add valueless comments.
Double Dippers also needs some Recognition for his unsung “ accomplishments “ to remain relevant 😂😂😂
The ridiculous practice of awarding the losing pap candidate with the post of grassroots organization advisor reeks of banana republic politics. SG cannot truly claim to be first world while it has this kind of ridiculous unjust practices where a state agency (funded by taxpayers) is being weaponized to advance the political interest of its the ruling party. State agency is supposed to be apolitical. This practice is constitutionally questionable.
Question :
*Are Singaporeans able to AFFORD COURAGE TO AFFORD DEMOCRACY ?*
Do Singaporeans Dare to Speak their mind if they are not happy with any policy?
Do Singaporeans understand Democracy is not waiting for permission to think?
My Politically Correct Answer is , Singaporeans have balls of steel able to afford democracy.
I hope to be given permission. Thank you , you
I like to buy a Vowel, "Augusta"🤭👀
Before the national day if not end of year everyone holiday
How about the Failed Housing Policy....many youngsters are not keen to get married....
How has the housing policy failed? The Btos are oversubscribed
@@yoyolexy BTO over subscription is not the applicants fault. It's the failed visualisation of the related entities in housing requirements planning.
@@yenvee9922I am talking about whose fault it is. You mentioned about failed housing policy and linked it to many youngsters not wanting to get married. If that's true, why are the Btos oversubscribed?
I really MISS Inderjit Singh's HONEST STRAIGHTFORWARD speeches... sadly you don't see such HONEST STRAIGHTFORWARD speeches within PAP today.
If he feels strongly about his views Why doesn't he join Tan Cheng Bok in the Opposition? Was there a LHL and GCT function in Cabinet and in Parliament? LKY does not need any supporters.
It look like reshuffle in the cabinet will b coming soon after Lawrence Wong become leader next week
We are a developed country & people and yet govt made decision without consulting us. CPF is our hard earned money, 3G to 4G leader just simply decide to add retirement account and withhold our money till 65 and yet even cannot draw it all out. Now even Special account terminated for 55yrs old and above so we earn less interest. If you cannot feel the majority Singaporean concerns, do you think we will support you?
If the government consults people regarding cpf, I dare say that many will want to withdraw all their cpf money at the age of 55. What if people finish spending all their money? Whom will they turn to for help? We are facing an ageing population so we can't afford to have too many old and broke people. People who keep thinking about their cpf money will most likely spend all of it very quickly.
Some good one 😂
From their discussion, you could see that the PAP's focus is only on WP. There is fear where WP contest
einstein's wisdom "doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity".
Please give budget from gov for the opposition grassroots. If pa in Sengkang pays for pap advisors to be there they should give same budget to wp. Fair. So many corrupt pap grassroots.
Can see last few years in news papers and who knows how many more before that is undetected
Nothing last forever. 😂😂😂😂😂😂. Move on
Present problem is the coming leader to be, thinking there are many levels down to common citizens, not doing ground works and expect their subordinates to connect and solve issues. They lost personal touched like what LKY did.
Housemust be cheap and affordable like early days if not next generation no house then big problem
The interviewer could have taken a more objective approach to critique the political scene, by discussing the merits and shortcomings of the ruling party and govt. To focus only on the shortcomings reeks of bias.
Too late, election day is very near. 4G has no more time left. The past few years stubborn policy had screwed the younger generation expectation, probably including the middle generation.
Does he think PAP can change?
"4g leaders have a short runway..." whose fault is that?
WP should start their own grassroots… sure will they get almost $600m a year of taxpayers’ money for it like the PA does?
Sorry I think it’s closer to $800m!!
Cabinet should have 5G, earlier rejuvenation planning lesson from COVID-19.😊
Is the current housing crisis really due to land constraints as PM Wong explained recently? I am not sure people understand how much more land we can actually free up for the masses by simply reducing private landed housing for more public housing. This "lack of land" is only a problem because for too long the comforts of the rich have been prioritised over the basic needs of young people nowadays. Do better.
it's always so easy to say the gov hasn't done a good enough job, but the fact is, none of the opposition parties have a better solution. cost of living? no answer. housing? WP actually proposed something that would have made the situation worse, and then go on to blame the gov for not doing more.
There is "honest, jostling debates" within closed doors? nobody knows the extent except what this former MP says. There is no incentive for MPs to debate as vigorously as one could within closed doors imo, as they're all within the same party.
Ok, I’ve always respected Indejit. This interview is decent but I don’t hear any controversial questions or answers.
What’s inconvenient about them? They are basic questions any right minded person would be asking.
Mind you, that is always a faction that sees conspiracies everywhere but thankfully, they are a minority. Still. Unlike other countries… so we will still have a sensible government for a while… but nothing is ever set in stone. All it takes is one madman, or megalomaniac, and we c are screwed…
See next door AI with his sunshade in denial of gagal/ failed system.
GE1968: 87% votes, 100% seats
GE1972: 70% votes, 100% seats
GE1976: 74% votes, 100% seats
GE1980: 78% votes, 100% seats
GE1984: 65% votes, 99% seats
GE1988: 63% votes, 99% seats
GE1991: 61% votes, 95% seats
GE1997: 65% votes, 98% seats
GE2001: 75% votes, 98% seats
GE2006: 67% votes, 98% seats
GE2011: 60% votes, 93% seats
GE2015: 70% votes, 93% seats
GE2020: 61% votes, 89% seats
GE2024: ??? votes, ??? seats
Irregardless Of Outcome, PAP now Under Control… 😊
@@Hs5687 JUST TAKE THE MONEY & LATER DECLARE MCO. GREATEST PRINCIPLE OF A SCAMMER. BYE BYE COMMONWEALTH GAMES.
Look to history..no “dynasty” last forever 😊. They merely able to kick the can down the street..but for how long more
Too Bad but Powers That Be Prefer Obedient PAP now that They’ve been Caught Red Handed & Brought Under Full Control by …. 😊
@@Hs5687 JUST TAKE THE MONEY & LATER DECLARE MCO. FIRST COMMANDMENT OF A PRO SCAMMER. GOODBYE COMMONWEALTH GAMES.
Edwin Tong have to go
Irrespective what is said and done, PAP and its Ministers done nothing significance for Singapore survival. Instead of its development, Singapore engaged into colossal debt of 800 bilion and 30O billion Reseved erased which authority unable to explain. What hapoened to the transparency and efficiency become a virtuality.
Gts
Frank discussion.
ACT OR LOSE
so when rich pap give birth to 10 sons -100 sons for SAF ?
Host interjects too often with his own words or points to agree on and switching points when Mr Inderjit is trying to complete a sentence or say something else... Sigh
Good discussion but did not touch on how the world situation affecting the governing approach.
Given the tariff hikes or GST hikes etc, GST rebates is self-funded (I suspect). 🤭 Goat hair comes from the Goat or is it You?
Advice from the ground : 1. Stop acting morally superior (example, revenue generating sin taxes should not be used as a tool. Think carefully who is actually footing the bill) 2. Stop PA's (People's Association) cultural appropriation, rife with pink outfits. Leave the cultural inputs to the Clan Associations.
21:44 must have been a big shock for the PAP then. Massive mis-reading of the sentiment of working millennials today.
Don't go around the corners!!!!!
Our Prime Minister Is A Vey Grateful And A Humbled Person. Nations
Please Be Sincere .
Alk BS...Amen
It`s about party rather than country. Look at all the foreigners in Singapore today whom we have created jobs for at the expense of many Singaporeans struggling to get jobs that can support families. How easily hoodwinked are the people that you throw birds seeds and they are like pigeons? All the strategies used to pull wool over the voters` eyes are plain for all to see. Pappigs are fighting for their own money. They have lost the plot. Sick society we have become. Cost of living issues is largely govie`s fault and it was not fixed for 4 elections because there is inadequate alternatives voices to question the powers that be, so they continue to sleep at the wheels. We have become so crowded that we are today overcongested. People are increasingly suffering from anxiety from their bad policies they created for the the life of Singaporeans.
Sir We Have To Trust Our
Government As A Singaporean Thanks.
I just dun hv the time to go thro the whole video. But having followed the political scene as a concerned citizen being a Pioneer Gen person, I dun think the interviewer & Indejit Singh quite understand the ROOT CAUSES & underlying problems SGP & sinkies face, especially the lack of critical thinking by interviewer who started off by talking about the "successful budget". Hello, what about the epic mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic causing thousands of PREVENTABLE DEATHS; undue & unnecessary sufferings & hardships faced by sinkies & the severe -ve impact on our economy which requires billions of govt. spending? Also the humongous losses, both realized ( eg Merrill Lynch, Barclays etc) and paper losses (eg Stanchart & Bayer etc) because of incompetence of LHL & HC? So called oppo ONLY talk about cost of living (COL) escalating upwards w/out these 2 existential issues & problems. Just think.
4G “leadership” is anything but a team so far 😅
Just keep Viswa clear of female guests.
i am still very upset about my Special Account. it has derailed my early retirement plan unnecessarily....
it came across (to me) as saving interest costs for GIC at my expense. Not one single person in SG benefited from the abolishment of SA