Kontroversi pemindahan Marina Ibrahim dari Skudai ke Tiram serta tawaran jawatan GLC mencetuskan persepsi negatif, kata Ronnie Liu, yang memberi amaran langkah itu boleh merosakkan imej reformis DAP dan melemahkan usaha mendekati pengundi Melayu di Johor menjelang PRN
Moving her to the Tiram seat despite her track record in Skudai, then the offer of a GLC post as compensation, could be viewed negatively by Malay voters as well as civil society who have supported DAP for being reformist
Teo Nie Ching berkata Marina merupakan calon paling berpotensi yang mempunyai peluang kemenangan paling tinggi untuk menggalas misi strategik DAP untuk bertanding di luar kawasan Skudai
Purchase of Duck's holding company which appears to be owned wholly by Datin Vivy Yusof and husband Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar was made same year GLICs invested RM47 mil