No real democracy without a loyal opposition: David Marshall

To opposition parties in Singapore, democracy is defined by opposition parties winning in an election. As long as they do not win, there is no democracy, never mind that there are free elections. 

To the Workers' Party, democracy is defined by how many members they have in parliament. 

"There is no real democracy without a loyal opposition," so said David Marshall, founder of Workers' Party who later quit the party after being played out by party members. 

The current Workers' Party will do well to listen to what their founder had to say of a 'loyal opposition' instead of 'sweeping under the carpet' their mistakes.

"There is no real democracy without a loyal opposition. I emphasise loyal opposition' that would prevent you from sweeping under the carpet the mistakes you are making, that would open your eyes to other potential ways of improving the quality of life of the people." - David Marshall.