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Viewing cable 06SINGAPORE1740, THE GOMEZ SAGA: PAP'S APPROACH TO THE OPPOSITION

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06SINGAPORE1740 2006-05-31 06:31 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Singapore
VZCZCXRO2384
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHGP #1740 1510631
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 310631Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0078
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SINGAPORE 001740 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM SN
SUBJECT: THE GOMEZ SAGA: PAP'S APPROACH TO THE OPPOSITION 
 
REF: A. SINGAPORE 1486 
     B. SINGAPORE 1289 
 
1.  (U) Summary:  Opposition politician James Gomez left 
Singapore for Sweden on May 15 after the police issued him a 
"stern warning." The Elections Department had accused him of 
"criminal intimidation" stemming from his mishandling the 
paperwork of his election campaign (Ref A), and the ruling 
People's Action Party (PAP) turned the issue into one of the 
main themes of its campaign for the May 6 election.  PAP 
leaders have acknowledged that some hardball tactics used in 
the Gomez affair may have backfired and cost them votes.  End 
Summary. 
 
An unsubmitted form ... 
----------------------- 
 
2.  (U) Contested group representation constituencies (GRCs) 
require at least one candidate to be from an ethnic 
minority, and candidates must file an application form with 
the Elections Department to obtain certification (Ref B). 
James Gomez, from the Worker's Party (WP), went to the 
Elections Department to submit this form on April 24 but when 
he returned on April 26 to pick up his certification, an 
elections official told him they had no record he had 
submitted the form.  Gomez insisted he had and asked the 
Elections Department to check again; he reportedly warned the 
Elections Department staffer of possible "consequences" if 
they had lost his form.  The Elections Department 
subsequently issued a press statement declaring that it had 
examined security tapes that showed Gomez placing the 
application form in his briefcase and leaving the Elections 
Department without submitting it. 
 
The PAP Attacks 
--------------- 
 
3.  (U) The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) made this 
issue a central theme in its electoral campaign.  Prime 
Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan 
Seng, and Foreign Minister George Yeo (the PAP incumbent 
leader in the Aljunied GRC where Gomez was running) 
encouraged the WP and Gomez to "come clean." The Elections 
Department released the 11-minute security video footage to 
journalists and gave them a transcript of a taped phone 
conversation between Gomez and an Elections Department 
official that took place April 26, when the official informed 
Gomez that security tapes indicated he had not submitted his 
form. At a WP rally on April 29, Gomez publicly apologized, 
but PAP leaders continued to criticize him. 
 
4.  (U) After four days of PAP attacks, some editorial 
commentators began to urge the PAP to move on and focus on 
the larger, substantive issues of the election.  Senior 
Minister Goh also told reporters the day after Gomez's 
apology that it was time to move on, though two days later, 
he reversed his position, noting that a conversation with DPM 
Wong had convinced him the matter was serious.  Minister 
Mentor Lee entered the fray by accusing Gomez of being a 
"liar," and challenging Gomez to sue him for defamation if 
this was not the case.  PM Lee declared that the integrity of 
government and Singapore's reputation were at stake. 
 
Post-election: Criminal Charges 
------------------------------- 
 
6.  (U) On May 7, the day after his defeat in the election, 
immigration officials stopped Gomez at Changi airport and 
seized his passport, preventing him from leaving Singapore to 
return to his home in Sweden.  Police questioned Gomez for 
eight hours, in response to charges filed against him by the 
Elections Department for criminal intimidation and giving 
false information, which can result in a jail sentence and/or 
a fine.  Police questioned Gomez two additional times, along 
with WP Secretary General Low Thia Khiang and WP Chairman 
Sylvia Lim.  The public prosecutor thought Gomez was guilty, 
but chose to issue a "stern warning" based on Gomez's 
cooperation with the police investigation and his lack of a 
prior criminal record. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
7.  (SBU) Though the PAP may have won over some 
"heartlanders" from the WP by disparaging Gomez and casting 
doubt on the integrity of his party, their hectoring clearly 
alienated many other members of the public and elite, 
including PAP supporters.  This and other election missteps 
have resulted in some self-assessment within the PAP and an 
acknowledgment that the old-style tactics of MM Lee Kuan Yew 
may no longer be viable, particularly with younger voters. 
HERBOLD