As ugly as the Lee saga may be, it has shown that the SYSTEM left by our late founding father and prime minister Lee kuan Yew is INTACT, and we can take heart in this.
Mr Lee played a lead role in creating the laws and institutions that we know today. And he was never a man who put himself above those laws and institutions.
Indeed Mr Lee's LAST WORDS to the party he founded was to 'KEEP THE SYS...TEM CLEAN'.
Rule of law must prevail in order for the system to remain clean.
If the Government had acceded to the demand of Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang without regard to due process that is the law of the land, then it risks treading down the slippery path to corruption.
If such a precedent is set whereby the wishes of a man, even if he is none other than our beloved Lee Kuan Yew, override due process, what is there to stop another minister from using the power of his office to override the laws of the land to fulfill his own wishes?
Lee Kuan Yew will be grieved by the spectacle whipped up by his younger children, but he will be proud to know that the Government had stood firm on the laws of the land even if this is an unpopular thing to do, even if this comes at a political cost.
His confidence in the Government as expressed in his writings, is a well-founded confidence.
Keep the system clean.
Mr Lee played a lead role in creating the laws and institutions that we know today. And he was never a man who put himself above those laws and institutions.
Indeed Mr Lee's LAST WORDS to the party he founded was to 'KEEP THE SYS...TEM CLEAN'.
Rule of law must prevail in order for the system to remain clean.
If the Government had acceded to the demand of Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang without regard to due process that is the law of the land, then it risks treading down the slippery path to corruption.
If such a precedent is set whereby the wishes of a man, even if he is none other than our beloved Lee Kuan Yew, override due process, what is there to stop another minister from using the power of his office to override the laws of the land to fulfill his own wishes?
Lee Kuan Yew will be grieved by the spectacle whipped up by his younger children, but he will be proud to know that the Government had stood firm on the laws of the land even if this is an unpopular thing to do, even if this comes at a political cost.
His confidence in the Government as expressed in his writings, is a well-founded confidence.
Keep the system clean.
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