OPINION: In Singapore, the Party in Power Offers New Faces - Seth Mydans

The New York Times, 18 Apr 2011
The chosen 24 include civil servants, military officers and members of the business community; their average age is 40, and seven are 35 or younger. A number of them will run on multicandidate slates to represent what are known as group representation constituencies — a category in which the P.A.P. has never lost an election.
The group representation process, which one critic has characterized as “force-feeding” selected candidates into government, has become a target this year for discontent over the selection process.
“It’s just an expression of people’s frustration with the system where any candidate you may not agree with gets a free pass,” said Kin Mun Lee, who goes by the name Mr. Brown on his popular political Web site. “If your guys are good, put them up and give a good fight.” Full story