PM wants TOC gazetted as Political Association
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Posted by theonlinecitizen on January 11, 2011
The Prime Minister of Singapore has revealed his intentions to declare The Online Citizen as a political association.
According to an email sent to TOC at 5pm yesterday evening by the Prime Minister’s office, the Prime Minister ”intends to declare the owners, editorial team, and administrators of The Online Citizen, by order in the Gazette, to be a political association for the purposes of the Political Donations Act. The owners, editorial team, and administrators of The Online Citizen have been determined to be an organization whose objects or activities relate wholly or mainly to politics in Singapore.”
This means that TOC is barred from receiving funds from foreign donors, letting foreigners take part in its events, operating as a political party and being affiliated to any local or foreign political party.
It is also not allowed to use its funds, premises and new media platforms in any election here, including the sponsoring of any candidate or member.
TOC has 14 days to reveal the identities of its owners, editorial team and administrators. TOC is also required to designate a President, Treasurer and Secretary of the association, and they will be responsible for the preparation and accuracy of the donations reports for The Online Citizen.
The last group to be gazetted is human rights advocacy NGO Maruah in November last year. Maruah is the fourth group -after the Open Singapore Centre, the Think Centre and Singaporeans For Democracy – to be gazetted as a political association.
If TOC complies, it will be the fifth. It will also be the first time bloggers are considered a political association.
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you should start keeping minutes for that 10:30pm club in case they decide to gazette 10.30pm club too
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Originally posted by SevenEleven:
you should start keeping minutes for that 10:30pm club in case they decide to gazette 10.30pm club too
there is a thread in SG:10.30pm club in a dot, each of you can just use that.
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Hundreds of thousands of foreigners are in Sinkapore, sucking us dry, the dumb guy can close down as many things as he wants, thousands of locals are jobless, sick, homeless and poor. Nothing can hide all that.
It is very obvious that the dumb guy is trying only to stop people like Mr Leong Sze Hian from whacking the government with his truthful analysis of government statistics that often misled people.
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Is Tamasek review next?
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Originally posted by Pure Emptiness:
Is Tamasek review next?
attempted.
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Originally posted by Pure Emptiness:
Is Tamasek review next?
Temasick Holdings tried but failed, but I'm sure the government will not stop trying. -
Originally posted by Clivebenss:
attempted.
haha lol.Ur PM is trying wadever It can to remain on power/ reduces losses in next GE.
PM should just ban all parties except PAP. Best solution.
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guess the F2F meeting was a triggering point. Such unison is what the ruling part can't handle.
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Originally posted by Pure Emptiness:
haha lol.Ur PM is trying wadever It can to remain on power/ reduces losses in next GE.
PM should just ban all parties except PAP. Best solution.
might as well no election or contest between 2 PAP members.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
might as well no election or contest between 2 PAP members.
If opp win seats in parliament use ISA to detain them. Say they plotting a rebellion to overthrown PAP.Detain them.
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Actually I support proportionate representation in parliament but PM Lee say It might make radicals enter into parliament.How can they be radical ppl if ppl vote proportionately for them.
Overseas parliament many radicals. haha lol.
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Originally posted by Pure Emptiness:
If opp win seats in parliament use ISA to detain them. Say they plotting a rebellion to overthrown PAP.Detain them.
The government most probably has lots of other options as well, just wait til after election, if some oppositions are elected, just watch how government will fix them.This is a terrible country.
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PM asking or demanding? lol cos I wanna hear it from the horse's mouth.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
PM asking or demanding? lol cos I wanna hear it from the horse's mouth.
neither. More like enforced.
According to an email sent to TOC at 5pm yesterday evening by the Prime Minister’s office, the Prime Minister ”intends to declare the owners, editorial team, and administrators of The Online Citizen, by order in the Gazette, to be a political association for the purposes of the Political Donations Act. The owners, editorial team, and administrators of The Online Citizen have been determined to be an organization whose objects or activities relate wholly or mainly to politics in Singapore.”
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
guess the F2F meeting was a triggering point. Such unison is what the ruling part can't handle.
The dumb guy PM probably also can't take Gerald's statement of "Policy makers are not out of touch, they know but they don’t care."Sinkapore is another Balhae tragedy in the making.
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Originally posted by Askingyouto:
The dumb guy PM probably also can't take Gerald's statement of "Policy makers are not out of touch, they know but they don’t care."Sinkapore is another Balhae tragedy in the making.
The rulers spare no effort to keep in power by curtailing all factors that might affect them.
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Now, a political association that cannot be affiliated to any political party, that's pretty stupid isn't it?
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The Online Citizen portal to be gazetted as political association
By S Ramesh | Posted: 11 January 2011 1937 hrsSINGAPORE : The Registry of Political Donations under the Prime Minister's Office has confirmed it sent a letter to The Online Citizen portal of its intention to gazette it as a political association.
On Tuesday morning, The Online Citizen had posted on its website that it received an email from the Prime Minister's Office on this.
Responding to media queries, the Registry said the Political Donations Act (PDA) prohibits political parties, political associations and candidates in parliamentary or presidential elections from accepting donations from impermissible or foreign sources. In addition, it requires these entities to report large donations received.
The Registry added that as a website that provides coverage and analysis of political issues, The Online Citizen has the potential to influence opinions and shape political outcomes in Singapore. As such, it has to be gazetted to ensure it is not funded by foreign elements or sources.
Apart from this, the Registry said that The Online Citizen is entirely free to continue with its normal, lawful operations and to receive financial support from Singaporeans and Singapore-controlled companies.
The Media Development Authority has also written to The Online Citizen that it has 14 days to register.
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What happens if TOC doesn't comply?
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Hmmm...........ban all parties
everyone of us here should get banned too....me included
hahahahaha
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
What happens if TOC doesn't comply?
Ban the website lor. I think same situation as TR.
Govt cant do much to it (since its registered with a US domain), except banning us from surfing the website. -
Originally posted by Junyang700:
Ban the website lor. I think same situation as TR.
Govt cant do much to it (since its registered with a US domain), except banning us from surfing the website.sheltered democracy.
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just a very wild hunch.....TOC may just organise a petition, get the signatures in a last ditch appeal.
If TOC is really made a political association, it will only create more backlash. The inevitable cannot suddenly be diminished if it's inevitable.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
sheltered democracy.
1 dumb question: Why should local political analysis groups accept funds from foreign parties? But the blocking of reports made during elections is just pure dumb.