COMMENT | It really should not come as a surprise that a government that thinks that Malaysia is "not that badly" affected by climate change and refuses to declare a climate emergency would want to hold an election during the country's annual monsoon season.

This is, of course, taking into consideration that the floods have worsened exponentially over recent years, and have now started to affect areas that were not previously impacted.

The cost of a general election during the annual monsoon...