We were advised that residents are prohibited under the Town Council’s Rules and Regulations from gathering at void decks if the event is organised by a political party. Given the circumstance, the Block Party was shifted to the food centre across from the venue. SDP's Head of Communications, Dr Vincent Wijeysingha, had called the Town Council and, noting that the Rules and Regulations were not published on its website, asked for a copy so that the party could be certain of such a policy. The Town Council officer agreed to follow up. However, he did not respond to the request despite numerous phone calls. In the telephone conversation, Dr Wijeysingha had asked the Public Relations Manager if the prohibition extended to the PAP too. “I’m not able to comment on that,” he replied. Dr Wijeysingha then suggested that this illustrated precisely where the problem lay: If the Town...