COMMENT | I was full of praise for Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after the recent Penang floods when he was seen having lunch together with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng after a day’s hard work.

This is how our politicians should behave if they are the people’s representatives, regardless of their political affiliations, when there is a disaster hitting the nation. They should not be making fun of Lim like what Second Deputy Education Minister Chong Sin Woon did recently.

Although Chong has since apologised, his crude remarks have earned him very sharp criticisms from the public. For someone in his position, the senator should have been more careful with his remarks.

However, Zahid’s remarks about the floods being a sign from God to retake Penang were also very inconsiderate and the equivalent of political suicide for BN in Penang...