was no light, but because there were too many Indians around." Chiam was the only Member of Parliament who called out Choo for his remarks. In 1993, after Chiam had a conflict with Chee Soon Juan and other SDP leaders, he was expelled from the SDP and had to give up his parliamentary seat under Singapore's electoral rules since he was no longer a party member he had contested under. However, Chiam filed a lawsuit against the SDP and won the case. The court reversed his expulsion, thus allowing him to retain his parliamentary seat until the next general election. In 1995, Chiam sided with the Singapore Government's refusal to delay the execution of Filipino domestic worker Flor Contemplacion for murder despite appeals from Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos. After the incident caused Philippines–Singapore relations to be strained, Chiam made a speech in Parliament, speaking up for Singapore and stating that he would not allow the foreign press to use the opposition as a club to hit at the Singapore Government. Singapore People's Party Chiam left the SDP in December 1996 and joined the Singapore People's Party (SPP), which was founded by a SDP faction of pro-Chiam supporters in 1994, becoming the secretary-general of the SPP. Under the SPP banner, he contested in Potong Pasir SMC again during the 1997 general election and won with 55.15% of the vote against the PAP candidate Andy Gan. Singapore Democratic Alliance Ahead of the 2001 general election, the SPP joined forces with three other opposition parties—National Solidarity Party (NSP), Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (PKMS) and Singapore Justice Party (SJP)—to form the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), with Chiam as the SDA's chairman. Chiam then contested in the general election under the SDA banner in Potong Pasir SMC and won with 52.43% of the vote against the PAP candidate Sitoh Yih Pin, thus continuing for a fifth term in Parliament as the Member of Parliament for Potong Pasir SMC. He closed his law firm, Chiam & Co, in the following year to become a full-time Member of Parliament. Chiam was elected to Parliament for a sixth term after winning the 2006 general election with 55.82% of the vote against Sitoh Yih Pin again. Chiam's victory was a surprise, especially since the PAP had offered a S$80 million upgrading package for Potong Pasir residents and had brought in former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong to assist