Ambiga calls out Pakatan's cowardice, says law protects LGBT minority too
Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan says the law gives equal protection to everyone, even the LGBT community which is marginalised and vulnerable due to the discrimination and hate directed against them here. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
“Are they proud of the way they attacked a minority community with their non-scientific based views, thus exposing them to more violence and hate? Ambiga, who is formerly a member of the government's Institutional Reforms Committee, said it was horrifying to hear PAS and even PH MPs pour vitriol on the LGBT community on Thursday.
Ambiga claimed that some PH leaders were behaving like bullies instead of responsible leaders, where they allegedly not only fail to protect the weak but further endanger them with discriminatory remarks. While saying that Malaysians want the PH government which it voted in to succeed, Ambiga noted that they must show leadership on tough issues by relying on the rule of law and using a rights-based approach.
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