The government really did commit a overkill when they counter-attacked the WP based on the CCTV evidence. The control over the media was exploited to the hilt and for the entire period the media was blasting the same thing over and over till it became a witchhunt.

I really felt that asking Wong to do a proper apology, and getting our PM to state on public record that mistakes were made that should not be made was sane and “middle-ground”. The two extremes were those asking for resignations and the government basically shrugging the incident off and saying it happened, too bad, get over it.

Considering that at that time, Mr Gomez was the one that was crying out for blood (he even brought in a film crew to record him registering and “submitting” the form)….until the tables turned BACK on him when it was discovered that he himself was the one who failed to file his own documents .

If anyone recalls, he was the one hinting at conspiracies to sabotage his campaigning and that there would be “consequences”….. Do unto others as one would have others do unto you?

Again, there’s no being “told to forget the entire matter”. Thats an extreme. Is it that hard to go for a middle ground? The world does not run in monotone black and white….. at least in the world most of us sane people live in

How many comments here asked for WKS’s resignation?

What we are asking is a proper apology and an acceptance of responsibility that mistakes were made.

The James Gomez case is also something that came to my mind – when the guy forgot a form, no amount of unreserved apology is acceptable to the government. Now that the tables are turned, how come a half-hearted ‘apology’ will serve and we are told to forget about the entire matter?

No one said anything about not taking responsibility…. it just does not have to go to the extent of stepping down.

Some of you guys are turning into the very things you are making fun of. Remember the stubborness and relentlessness of of Mr “I dun care, you must eksprain” Mee-Pok-Man?

I think that the media have misrepresented the issues again – most people are asking Wong to accept responsibility and Lee to censure Wong for the escape and the terrible mess up in the communication after.

If Wong does not have to take any responsibility for any mistakes made by his subordinates, then maybe he should not take any credit for the work done by them too.

Do we want a cabinet full of ministers who take credit for successes and push away all responsibility when things go wrong?

I say, move on and look on how to prevent the same thing from happening again, instead of the ineffective comments given by Mr Low thia khiang.

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