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