A little stupid too late for Gerakan to begin with

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A state Gerakan youth chief had recently claimed that they found a 70-year old man who was born and bred in Malaysia and has been holding a red identity card for most of his live.

And the Gerakan youth chief told the press, the party promised it will do all it can to obtain the citizenship for the poor old man, who had previously tried four times to apply for citizenship with the National Registration Department (NRD).

Asides from helping this poor man to obtain his rightful citizenship, did Gerakan make an effort to check why he has not been able to obtain his citizenship despite being born and bred here for decades? Why has this man got to waste the 70 years of his live without anything only to have some political party like Gerakan to try this all over again?

Has Gerakan ever make an effort to trace other people who has been left out in such way just because of some bigotry and discriminating policies of the government over citizenship procedures. Has Gerakan ever make any extra mile to check why these poor people have to suffer all such ordeal for years, having denied by the government of their rights for decades?

That 70-year old man had said, he has gone through a great deal of trouble as he could not get a proper education, housing, employment, benefits, having had to deal with harassment on and on from immigration officers and personnel from other government security organs who often view him as immigrant or "pendatang".

Has Gerakan ever go all out to check how many more out there who are having the same ordeal as this poor old man is experiencing now?

This is not the way to fish for votes. This is cheap politics!

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