Shanmugam’s motive was less lofty: he was arguing that Singapore’s political system shouldn’t be measured against the yardsticks of ‘a normal country’, where Singapore would invariably appear undemocratic.
La motivación de Shanmugam era menos noble: alegaba que el sistema político de Singapur no debería ser medido contra los criterios de un ‘país normal’, donde Singapur aparecería invariablemente como no democrático.