If You Never Admit You Are Wrong Does It Make You Right?

We have :

Mr Lui, Minister of Transport saying: MRT breakdowns are unavoidable
Mr Tharman, Minister of Finance,Manpower,DPM saying: Average Singaporeans are not affected by inflation
Mr Teo, Minister of Defence, DPM saying: Government is not afraid to make hard decisions

And the latest gem from :

Mr Khaw, Minister of National Development: HDB hasn't shrunk flat sizes.

To date, we have yet to see the government make ANY hard decisions. All we have seen thus far are at best minor tweaks and the easy let's kick the can further down the road type.

Prison does not reform the criminal. To truly begin the reformation process, the criminal has to first admit guilt and wrong doing BEFORE the process of redemption can occur. The government has YET to admit that it had made ANY mistakes with its policies in the past. All we have heard to date are excuses trying to justify its past actions.

Indeed when an opposition MP made the suggestion during parlimentary debate that recent moves by the government to address issues like employment, housing and transport, were due to electoral losses, government MPs robustly denied it. It would appear that next to saying you are sorry, admitting you are wrong is a very difficult thing to do.

Without admission of guilt, it is very difficult for the government to truly embark on corrective policies. As it is, the government does not yet appear to realise that with each (incredulous) attempt to justify its actions, it is losing more of its credibility.

As an act of penance, perhaps we could have the cabinet ministers shave their heads bald and walk barefoot around the padang (or Marina Bay!) three times as part of this years' National Day parade. Those ministers who are TRULY repentant could kneel down every three steps and bang their foreheads on the ground. All in favour of this idea can spread it via their facebook friends or twitter feed. Now, THAT would be one NDP I won't want to miss :)