On August 17, 2019, Honorary State -owned Assets Wu Zuodong gave a conversation at the National Day dinner of the Marin Baiji Constitution.(File photo)
When the honorary state -owned capital Wu Zuodong attended the speeches of the National Day dinner of the Marin Baili Constituency on August 17, it highlighted a problem that has been troubled by Singapore's political leaders for a long time: it is difficult for political talents to find.
He lamented that people who have to persuade the integrity, the spirit of dedication to the spirit and ability to work hard to work for the country are becoming more and more difficult, and it is particularly difficult to persuade talents in the private sector.Reason: Governing the country is a difficult and difficult job.When many capable people are invited, they do not want to give up a stable and successful career and join the future unpredictable political career.Secondly, in this era of social media, they and their families also face the price of losing privacy.
This is not a unique problem of the ruling people's action party, but a problem faced by all political parties.If even the ruling party is lamenting that it is difficult to find someone, it will be even harder to find someone to find someone.This is also the current political reality.Even if the opposition party has the opportunity to organize the government and gather the power of each party, it seems difficult to form a powerful cabinet.
The author not only heard a person close to the ruling party dignitaries once, saying that the executive of this certain private enterprise or a political company refused to come out of politics, even if they were likely to hold the position of minister after being elected.The fact is that these people's annual salary is higher than that of ministers, so the salary of ministers is not attractive to them.
Wu Zizheng also revealed that when he served as chairman of the Financial Administration, he was optimistic about Wang Ruijie, then director of the HKMA, and believed that he had the potential of being a minister.After asking Prime Minister Li Xianlong and Founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, he invited Wang Ruijie to work in politics.Wang Ruijie declined based on personal reasons, but he persisted, and finally convinced the other party after trying.This example shows that it is not easy to persuade a senior civil servant in politics.
In fact, persuasion people have been in politics. Since the era of founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan, it has been a problem. As the economy of Singapore has become more and more developed, and more and more opportunities for the development of the private sector, this problem has become more and more serious.Those who have ambitions think of changing the status quo, and even the revolution at all, is the norm of troubled times.Therefore, in troubled times, heroes often produce heroes, and they will also produce heroes.However, the situation of governing the world is just the opposite.Over time, politicians have gradually replaced politicians, and the political ecology has also been contained. At this time, more people will naturally regard politics as a fear.
Therefore, to ensure that there are enough people to obey politics, provoking hard -working state governance burden, the most important thing is to maintain our relatively clean political ecology.The ruling party is responsible in this regard.From the beginning, political leaders have established a good style, leading by example, eliminating corruption, and carrying out a clean government. At the same time, it has also established a system for choosing and appointment.
Secondly, the leader of the founding generation of the country also realized that in a peaceful governance of the world, it is impossible to have political talents who have naturally spawned in troubled times.Therefore, political parties, especially the ruling party, must change the string, and use people with administrative ability to join, and then let them have a longer time to study to cultivate the necessary political skills.This is also a process of choosing best. Some people succeed, while others cannot withstand the test, but generally effective.
However, with the increase in political risks, especially after the ruling party loses the Ayu Ni -setting constituency, it is believed that the difficulty is to increase the difficulty in the private sector.This is a big issue that Singaporeans should pay special attention to.Because there may be no problems in the short term, but in the long run, there are fewer and fewer sages in politics, which will inevitably lead to the deterioration of national governance.
When that situation appears, voters may be like many voters in democratic society now. They do not have a good apple to choose from during the election. They can only barely choose one of bad apples, or simply do not choose.In this case, democratic elections are no longer a process of election, and many people will disappoint politics.Therefore, we must discuss this issue more deeply and seek effective countermeasures.
At present, from the increase in political risks, the ruling party will inevitably increase its talents, as well as potential talents from all directions, and must also vigorously encourage cadres to recommend talents in eclecticism.It is also suggested that you can relax the requirements of the age, and it doesn't matter if you get a little older.For example, people over 50 years old have more experience in life, successful careers, and family conditions are relatively stable. Perhaps it is easier to make decisions in politics.Following the British system in Singapore, the minister must be caminated as a parliamentarian. If the minister can also be directly appointed as the official committee members, it may help reduce the hesitation of some people in politics.
The current situation is that the ruling party can absorb sufficient political talents in the public service field. Most of the fourth -generation teams waiting for succession are from the public service field, including government departments and the army.These people have good administrative capabilities and experiences, but they still have to be tested in terms of political skills.It is a big test to persuade voters to win the election and get a strong commission.
Most members of a leading team come from the same background and must also be able to overcome another possible problem, that is, the so -called group thinking.The ruling party must have considered this when choosing talents, but it is unable to do the ideal situation, otherwise Wu Zongdong will not sigh.For this possible defect, it may only be able to make up for the back seats (including the opposition party).Officials can also play a positive role.The ancients: Thousands of Fu Nuo, not as good as a monk, members of different backgrounds, should have more role of the people.
Having said that, it plays a key role in the survival and development of small countries in Singapore and the quality of political leadership. Therefore, we cannot listen to the natural development from the current situation, but we must try to apply the right medicine.As Wu Zuodong said, my country must cultivate capable Singaporeans, with the service spirit of leading the country, encouraging talented Singaporeans to come forward when they need it to serve the country; otherwise There is no integrity and lack of dedication to the spirit and ability of dedication, and Singapore will be thin.What should I do?It seems that we only have to strengthen national education.
(The author is a former journalist, a former member of the Congress)
