Can PAP change? That’s seems to be the hope of some in the Silver Brigade

I was reading this article in TRE, ‘Can PAP change without being pushed
to the edge?’ written by a Silver Brigade, a self confessed PAP
supporter for 60 years. Having lived with disappointments after
disappointments, he is still cherishing the hope of a PAP changing from
it present belief system to the old PAP that was for the people, a PAP
that won the hearts and minds of the Silver Brigade