OPINION: When a single party state goes wrong — Celia Lim

The Malaysian Insider, 24 Oct 2012
OCT 24 — For years, Lee Kuan Yew educated Singaporeans there was no need to have a multi-party parliament because a single-party one would be more efficient and effective. He gave examples of third-world countries, despite being ruled by dictators, having able to achieve decent economic growths. He also added that history had shown when a strong government became corrupt, a man would rise to overthrow the bad government.
These are words of selfish rulers who want things to be done in their own way, hate to be challenged, do not want to be held accountable for their failure and insist to hold onto power indefinitely. Hence, now and then, such dictators would come out with theories along the above lines to justify their need to operate without noises and challenges. We, the citizens of 21st century, should be sober enough not to be taken in by such selfish arguments. Full story