Ambiga Sreenevasan is unable to make up her mind whether laughter or tears is the appropriate response to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak describing himself as a democrat.

"Did our PM just say 'we' democrats?

"I don't know whether to laugh or to cry," read the former Bar Council president's tweet.

She was responding to Najib's comments regarding the Brexit referendum, which saw Britons voting that their nation should quit the European Union.

"Maybe 'we' should resign too," she said, alluding that Najib should perhaps follow in the footsteps of David Cameron, who announced that he would relinquish his prime minister post in October.

Did our PM just say "we" democrats???I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. Maybe "we" should resign too!!!!
— Ambiga Sreenevasan (@Ambiga_S) 24 June 2016

In his tweet on the referendum, Najib said the British voters had spoken.

"As democrats, we must respect the result.

"We wish our British friends well in the new future they have chosen," he added.

Ambiga is among those who inked the Citizens' Declaration, which calls for Najib's resignation.

Meanwhile, lawyer Syahredzan Johan also appeared to be referring to the prime minister's tweet, saying: "Democrats do not arrest dissidents, fyi (for your information)."

"Seriously, much respect to Cameron for resigning after the referendum. I do not like him, but this is honourable on his part.

"He lost the referendum, not because he is implicated in some scandal. Yet he is honourable enough to step down," he tweeted.

He lost the referendum, not because he is implicated in some scandal. Yet he is honourable enough to step down.
— Syahredzan Johan (@syahredzan) 24 June 2016

Earlier, Cameron revealed that he would resign by October.

"I do not think it would be right for me to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination," he had told reporters.

Cameron stressed that he fought the referendum with head and heart, but the people decided to follow a different path and therefore needed a new prime minister.

In Malaysia, Najib too faced calls to resign following numerous allegations.

However, the prime minister denied abusing public funds for personal gain, and blamed such claims on those conspiring to topple him.

Attorney-general Mohamad Apandi Ali has also cleared Najib of any wrongdoing.

The recent twin by-elections which saw BN securing thumping victories have also consolidated the prime minister's position.

Meanwhile, Gerakan Youth chief Tan Keng Liang challenged Ambiga to put her popularity to test.

To do this, he said the former Bar Council president should contest in the next general election.

"See whether Malaysian reject or accept you. Time for reality instead of solo rhetoric. Democracy please," he tweeted.

Tan also said the prime minister's critics must learn to respect democracy and the choice of Malaysians, as reinforced in the Sarawak state election as well as the recent Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections.

"People like Ambiga must have missed the news when Sarawak, Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar gave BN under PM Najib a bigger mandate," he added.

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