A Good Leader Commands Respect, Not Fear

I am glad that Lee Kuan Yew is still alive and I hope that somebody will invite him to read my blog.

Lee Kuan Yew has been in power for the past few decades. Perhaps, he is one of the longest surviving dictators of the world. He once said," A leader is useless if nobody fears him."

For the last few decades, the Singaporeans were really fearful of Lee kuan yew and the PAP. Nobody, except the late Jeyaretnam ,dared to challenge him. The poor Jeyaretnam paid a heavy price. He was declared bankrupt, persecuted and jailed. The Singaporeans , who were either brainwashed by the senior Lee or fearful of him, repeatedly voted for him and the PAP in the general elections since many decades ago.

Today, the scenario has changed a little bit, thanks to the internet and the news without boundary. Today, the young Singaporeans are more aware of their own rights and they demand to have more freedom and true democracy.

Year in and year out the PAP threatens that Singapore would become backward or even bankrupt if the oppositions were to gain power and form the next government. Many ignorant Singaporeans believe what the PAP said.

As more and more Singaporeans are educated oversea ( even Lee kuan Yew`s grandson studied in Oxford), the legend that only PAP could deliver the good does not find support anymore.

We hope that Singaporeans will really wake up so that Singapore can be a leading democratic country in Asia.

My advice to the Lees, be a leader who commands respect, not fear. Leaders like Ghandi , Lincoln and Abdul Rahman will be remembered forever but tyrants like Stalin, Mao Zedong and Hitler would always be condemned and disdained by the mankind.