On the waiver of parliamentary privilege by Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan for his statements regarding the hawker centre dispute between NEA, the Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council and hawkers, SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan commented that the minister had to make a gamble and dare the Worker’s Party to sue him for defamation for calling them dishonest, as his integrity as well as the NEA’s, were at stake.