In what looks like a playground battle writ large on the political stage, the Singapore Democractic Party chief Chee Soon Juan has fired the first e-salvo directly at the Prime Minister of Singapore on Dec. 8, 2014.

Chee, who only joined Twitter on Nov. 13, 2014, took to his social media account and tweeted:

@leehsienloong Read that you said the opposition have not articulated any vision for S'pore. You probably missed this http://t.co/bMt8Qhlk0U

— Chee Soon Juan (@CheeSoonJuan) December 8, 2014

Chee was responding to what PM Lee Hsien Loong said in his speech at the party’s 60th anniversary rally on Dec. 7 that the opposition have not articulated a vision for Singapore.

To make his rebuttal hold more water, Chee embedded a link to his recent Wall Street Journal article, titled "A New Vision for Singapore", because it contains the word "vision", which is exactly what PM Lee was talking about.

How fitting.

On the SDP website, the party had another message for the prime minister and PAP:

PM Lee Hsien Loong said in his PAP60 speech that the opposition have not articulated a vision for Singapore. So Chee Soon Juan tweeted him this message.

In the meantime, some of the newspapers wanted SDP's comments about Mr Lee's remarks regarding the next general elections. This is the SDP's response:

"PM Lee Hsien Loong said in his speech that the opposition have not articulated a vision for Singapore. This is untrue. The SDP published Dare To Change: An Alternative Vision for Singapore in 1994.

Dr Chee had also recently described a new vision for Singapore in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal. Mr Lee ignores these and claims that the opposition has not articulated one.

But more than just a vision, the SDP has laid out concrete and comprehensive alternative policies in key areas such as housing, healthcare, population, the Malay community, education, Ministerial salaries, and (soon-to-be launched) the economy. The SDP's campaign for the next GE will focus on these alternative policies.

As announced we will be holding our GE2015 Campaign Kick-Off on 10 Jan and stepping up our effort in preparation for the elections which many expect will be held next year."

Top photo via SDP website

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