Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>How long can <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMP</span></a> scheme stay relevant?<br>🤔"Intro'ed in 1990 by then-PM Goh, e NMP platform was created to allow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonelected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonelected</span></a> MPs to provide <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonpartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonpartisan</span></a> views.. scheme wasn't estab'ed to be a “talent pipeline” for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> parties.. “We must strengthen e NMP system to be the much-needed non-partisan ‘third side’ of the house to prevent the ills of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twoparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> tt we r seeing before our eyes in some mature <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>” Anthea Ong" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ambition</span></a><br><a href="https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3299679/how-long-can-singapores-nmp-scheme-stay-relevant-why-2-resignations-have-raised-eyebrows" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/week-asia/politics/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/3299679/how-long-can-singapores-nmp-scheme-stay-relevant-why-2-resignations-have-raised-eyebrows</span></a></p>