Singapore’s Fadli Fawzi and the reframing of ‘Malay politics’ | Malay Mail

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JULY 5 — This Friday, Singapore will vote in its general election which critics say points at the ruling party PAP capitalising on the Covid-19 pandemic and the public goodwill towards the government’s initially-praised response. But to some of us across the Causeway, the polls may seem sudden,...

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“This creates a need to figure out a balance, where sufficient numbers of voters elect opposition candidates, while not having too many people vote opposition to the point where we have a ‘freak election’, where the PAP fails to win a majority of the seats and therefore can’t form government,” she wrote.

Immediately, WP’s Muhammad Fadli Mohammed Fawzi who debuted in the Marine Parade constituency, caught my attention. And a look at social media showed that I was not alone. a form of Malay rhyming poem:Along with a rhyming English version:The fiercest of storms may gather and loompantun In a brief email interview, Han also listed WP’s Raeesah Khan and Jamus Lim as those who are also enjoying attention from the public. Raeesah is the founder of social enterprise Reyna Movement and the daughter of former presidential candidate Farid Khan, while Lim is an economist who gained some fans during a recent televised debate.

In a Facebook post, Imran wrote of the possibility of Malay votes swinging towards the Opposition, in particular due to two policies: The personal mobility device ban that affected many Malay delivery riders, and restrictions against home-based food-business operators, that again affected many in the community.Imran clarified that the policies were not specifically against the Malays, but as a significant number of Malays fall within the lower socio-economic rungs, the impact was greater.

In a Facebook post prior to his nomination, Fadli reiterated this need to “reframe the conversation away from the lens of race”, and debunk the notion that the Malays suffer from some cultural habits or attributes of the community.

 

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