The
Singapore Government (SG) is wise in not doing away with the ISA when
Malaysia did so.
Look
at Malaysia now. Scrapping the ISA did not please its critics nor did
it help the Barisan Nasional to get more votes. In fact BN lost some
support from its Malay supporters. Now Malaysia is trying to
introduce anti-terror laws similar to the ISA. Besides terrorism,
what about other security threats? You never know. Will Malaysia need
to enact more security laws later?
The SG
is also wise in tweaking the Death Penalty law for drug traffickers
to include conditions that will let traffickers escape execution.
Look
at the case of two Australian drug traffickers who were sentenced to
death in Indonesia and the huge pressure from Australia to spare
them. If that happens in Singapore, I think the amended Death Penalty
law may help the SG to find a solution.
I
believe the SG will not repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, at
least not within this decade.
Scrapping
377A will not please the groups calling for it to be scrapped. They
will have more demands. And the Government will lose support for
being weak.
