Opposition reps pour scorn on Zahid over holding GE during monsoon

Members of the opposition today criticised Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for his insistence on holding the 15th general election at the end of the year when the nation may potentially face floods.

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang noted that despite the bravado in the Umno man’s statement, Zahid (above) did not say what Umno leaders were going to do if flood waters were too high for them to wade through.

“Zahid’s desperation to have the GE15 is so blatant that...