Who politicise PA?

On the one hand people complain that the Government is not in touch with the ground, and on the other hand, they also object when the government is actively on the ground. 

This is called 'wanting to have your cake and eat it as well'. 

The PA IS the arm of the Government of the Day (whichever party forms the Government) to help the government be an effective government by explaining government policies to people, by gathering feedback so that policies can be fine-tuned to be more effective in helping people. 

But it does more than that. 

PA has a big role to play in nation building - in forging a harmonious society by bringing people of different races, languages and religions together through various programmes and activities. 

It was formed on 1 July 1960 when Singapore was deeply divided with racial riots and political strife. Closely-knit communal groups pull in different directions. 

To foster racial harmony, CCs were set up as meeting grounds for various ethnic, language and religious groups. 

People of different racial, language, income and age groups participated in a wide range of activities at the CCs. 

Such multi-racial participation helped to promote unity despite the diversity in race, culture and religion.

In today's context, with the threat of terrorism looming large, PA has a large role to play in countering the threat of terrorism. 

PA is actively involved in engaging the community (Community Engagement), in preparing the community to deal with a threat (Emergency Preparedness Programme) and in getting members of the community to be first responder in a threat (Community First Responder Programme). 

Workers' Party

Will Pritam Singh or Low Thia Khiang help to explain to residents that it is unwise and bad advice to sell land to fund recurrent expenditure?

Will they help to explain to residents why it is needful to raise GST by 2% to meet increasing expenditure for recurrent needs? 

If Pritam Singh and Low Thia Khiang and Workers' Party will not do that, and they only want to be seen doing things that make them look good in public, then they want to do only that which will benefit them politically. 

It is WP that chooses to politcise PA.