AFTER reading the article, 'I voted for PAP in 2006 election: WP candidate', I must say that Mr Yaw Shin Leong, a leader of the Workers' Party, has the right to vote for who he deems fit even though he may be a leader of an opposition party.

What he has done is courageous and must be complimented. He is neither a political opportunist nor a hypocrite. Why must Singaporeans vote for the opposition just for the sake of opposing? Do we want to vote for an opposition Member of Parliament who does not keep his or her promise or cannot deliver what he has promised to the constituents? Do we need to make that mistake and wait until the next General Election to correct it?

The role of an opposition party or an MP from the opposition party is to check the government. Electing an incompetent opposition MP will be detrimental to Singapore's future.