族群操作及其效果－新加坡選舉史中的不和諧記憶

本文回顧1950 與1960 年代新加坡族群衝突的建構、1980 年代反對力量的興起、集選區制協助少數民族進入國會的說法，與2017 年總統選舉的族群考量。作者認為新加坡不斷出現的族群衝突記憶乃政治操作的結果。政府藉此以族群和諧為由設計確保少數民族參政的選舉制度，但實際上卻有利執政黨及其多數族群中的政治菁英。結果是執政黨為了鞏固政權，強化少數民族的負面刻版印象，使族群不和諧持續重現。

關鍵字

族群和諧；華人沙文主義；李光耀；集選區；新加坡總統選舉

並列摘要

This paper reviews the making of Singapore's ethnic conflicts during the 1950s and 1960s, the rise of opposition forces during the 1980s, the theory asserting that the Group Representation Constituency has helped the minority groups enter the Parliament, and contemporary ethnic concerns in 2017 Presidential election. The authors argue that Singapore's ceaseless memory of conflicting ethnic relations is the product of political management. The Singapore government therefore creates an electoral system that ensures minority representation in politics, but is in fact favorable to the ruling party and its political elites from the majority group. As a result, the ruling party consolidates its power by strengthening negative stereotypes of the minority, and continues to reproduce ethnic disharmony.