"Ownself fix ownself". WP is in this predicament because of themselves.

It is a predicament they could have avoided but they chose to blame others, play victim, play political persecution, and they chose to deny that there was anything wrong.

WP SET UP A FLAWED SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THEIR FRIENDS TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE FRONT DOOR IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

Their friends sat at the gateway awarding contracts to themselves, and making payments to themselves. All these with the blessings of WP.

When the whistle was first blown on them, they could have put a stop to the flawed system and set right what was wrong. WP chose to let the flawed system persist.

THEY DISREGARDED the duties and obligations imposed on them by the Town Council Act and Town Council Financial Rules.

Indeed their lawyer had argued in court that even if there was mismanagement of funds, nothing could be done except at the ballot box.

IS THAT WHY THEY NEVER BOTHERED to set things right? Because nothing could be done EXCEPT AT THE BALLOT BOX? And they know they can always trust their supporters to vote for them again regardless of anything?

In May 2015, JUSTICE QUENTIN LOH said to them:

"It is clear that there are grave and serious questions that have been raised regarding the state of AHPETC's accounts. If AHPETC were a managing corporation ... I have no doubt that AHPETC or its officers will be exposed to the possibility of civil liability ... or in an extreme scenario, criminal liability. I can only say it is a travesty for AHPETC to have ignored their duties and obligations imposed on them by the Town Council Act and Town Council Financial Rules.They owe a duty and a heavy responsibility to their constituents to run AHPETC properly and it is incumbent on them to put their house and finances in order."

GRAVE WORDS. BUT THEY FELL ON DEAF EARS.
Their own appointed independent auditors blew the whistle on them.

Then AGO raised many serious red flags about their accounts.

Next, KPMG said the failures at AHPETC were systemic and pervasive and included leadership failure at the top.

KPMG also raised the real possibilities of civil and criminal liabilities.

PwC which audited Punggol East accounts when it was under AHPETC came to similar conclusions.

AT EACH STAGE was a chance to put things right.

AT EACH STAGE, WP chose ro deny all allegations.

You can say that for WP, it is a case of "OWNSELF FIX OWNSELF".

WP can certainly thank their ardent supporters for allowing them to fall into this state. They have SUPPORTERS who DO NOT HOLD THEM TO ANY STANDARD OF ACCOUNTABILITY. None. Not even a low standard of accountability. Not one of them questioned WP.

Instead, they were ever ready to deflect from the issues and point fingers at the government, at the PAP. They would bring in Lehman brothers and AIM, talk about the manager from Ang Mo Kio TC (who is already under CPIB investigation), or direct attention to the transport woes and ask when the transport minister was going to commit harakiri. They still do these.

And then they will cheer WP and urge them on in their flawed system with their rousing "jia you!"