Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is merely a victim of larger political and economic forces at play, just like the last monarch of France, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, said Penang deputy chief minister II P Ramasamy.

He said Bonaparte was able to last in the position for a while not because he was an able or clever leader, but because he sought to represent or gave the impression of representation to all segments of society.

“He was a hero to...