Parti Gerakan Vice President Dato’ Mah Siew Keong today disagrees with Dato’ Ibrahim Ali and Datuk Seri Ali Rustam that the government should revoke the citizenship of the President of BERSIH 2.0 coalition, Ambiga Sreenavasan. Although Gerakan does not agree with street protest, yet Gerakan is in the opinion that revoking Ambiga’s citizenship will only create more problems.

“If Ambiga’s citizenship should be revoked, then shouldn’t people like Ibrahim Ali be revoked of his citizenship first for making so many seditious statements over the past few months? If Ibrahim Ali can be spared of any punishment despite making seditious and unconstructive remarks, then Ambiga should not be treated this away either,” said Dato’ Mah.

Now that BERSIH 2.0 has became a global news receiving attention worldwide, the act of revoking Ambiga’s citizenship will surely receive a lot of criticism and condemnation internationally. Besides, having seen the support BERSIH 2.0 manages to get, revoking Ambiga’s citizenship will also create further anger amongst BERSIH supporters nationwide.

Gerakan urges all parties to have more consultative process to solve the problem and not resort to revoking a person’s citizenship which is not a solution at all. Dato’ Mah also said that Malaysians are more informed and well educated, apart from the supporters who turned up during the rally, there are an even bigger silent majority who wants to see less politicking from all parties involved.