Veteran opposition lawmaker Lim Kit Siang today accused Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob of constantly being "several steps behind events" following the latter's speech at the Dewan Rakyat today.

Lim said Ismail, who spoke on the government's flood response at the Parliament's special sitting today, should have made a ministerial statement to Parliament on Dec 20 when the Dewan Rakyat was still in session and when the annual flooding was at its peak.