Politics - flavour of the week

Walking down the road, I was surprised to see posters of political parties all over the place. Then i remembered it was polling day today here in Singapore. Compare how election time is in Chennai, u will find this place is so dull. No cutouts, no loud speakers, no party men distributing freebies, no road-side (acutally occupying 1/2 the road) late-night meetings, no surprise visits from famous film personalities and no traffic jams. Gosh, i do miss chennai.

Monday chennai goes to polls.....i would be in the voters list too. Last time i voted for a independent candidate, someone i hadnt heard of, because i didnt want to favour either major party. Its a very common thing. Many party ppl come home, talk to us abt how good their party is and ask us to vote. Some meet us at the voting booth and try to give away freebies. Some even tried to intimidate us!Of a total of 2586 candidates, 1222 are indepedent....and i dont know even 1, how am i supposed to trust them....?

As a citizen i have to do my duty but i dont see much hope. When i am not satisfied with any of the candidates, i should have an option to vote for none. Do we already have such a option....i dont know.

Maybe a govt run totally by independents would be good.....it should be tried atleast once.