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Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 19 Aug 2011 letter by Dr Bernard Ee Kuo-Wei. Dr Ee expresses concern for the blurring of the roles of the president and the parliamentary opposition. He is of the opinion that the responsibility for checking on the government lies with opposition MPs, not the president. He further opines that... 

Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 20 Aug 2011 letter by Mr Bobby Jayaraman. Mr Jayaraman claims that Mr Tan Jee Say is calling for the president to be independent of the PAP in order to be the guardian of the nation's reserves. In calling for the president to be independent of the PAP, Mr Tan Jee Say mentioned issues such as... 

Chua Mui Hoong Dear Ms Chua Mui Hoong, I refer to your 17 Aug 2011 Straits Times article "Why the president is not a super-MP". You said raising expectations about what the president can do is a fundamental error of fact and a gravely irresponsible act of politics. The fundamental error is in your insinuation that expectations...