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Letter to Forum: Stifle Not The Opposition Voices
Dear Sir/Mdm,
I am in opinion that the remarks on the NKF issue made by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) in their newsletter are uncalled for. However, I could not help but wonder if the decision taken by the Prime Minister and Minister Mentor to litigate against the company that printed the newsletter would deter vendors from working with other law-abiding opposition parties in the future. It is noteworthy that the said company, Melodies Press Company, has ceased to do any further work for the SDP according to a letter of apology issued to both the PM and MM.
Whilst I concur with MM Lee that no government will help the opposition to displace itself, we must also be mindful not to penalise or stifle the voices of other law-abiding opposition parties through this incident lest we will never have a “first world opposition”.
Not published, by the way. Wrote this last week and got rejected by Today, again!