KUALA LUMPUR, 26 March 2009: Foreign delegations and observers found common ground today in complimenting the peaceful power transition between outgoing Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Tan Sri Prof Dr Da’i Bachtiar said the voluntary transfer of power was very unique and “I believe […]
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Umno leaders support maximum term for party posts (Updated)
(Updated 5:29pm, 26 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 26 March 2009: Several Umno leaders today supported the proposal made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to impose a maximum term for holders of party posts and wanted the proposal to be studied in detail. Supreme council (MT) member Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said the […]
Avoid extremism, Abdullah says
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 March 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today reminded Umno members not to adopt extremist racial and religious positions when safeguarding the position of Malay Malaysians and bumiputeras in the country. “Umno must never practise discrimination to the extent that non-Malays view it as a racist party. The rights of […]
Avoid extremism, Abdullah says
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 March 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today reminded Umno members not to adopt extremist racial and religious positions when safeguarding the position of Malay Malaysians and bumiputeras in the country. “Umno must never practise discrimination to the extent that non-Malays view it as a racist party. The rights of […]
Abdullah: Support Najib fully
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 March 2009: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today urged the people to give incoming Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak unflinching support to enable him to take Malaysia to greater heights. Pledging his undivided support to the incoming Umno president and the prime-minister-in-waiting, Abdullah said he believed he was passing the reins […]
Abdullah: Umno must change or die
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 26 March 2009: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s final speech as Umno president hit the spot on what Malaysians outside the party feel – that Umno has become arrogant and faces inevitable demise unless it changes. He acknowledged Umno’s loss of credibility and offered two key solutions – to limit the number of […]
IGP to renew pledge
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 March 2009: Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan will renew his pledge to enhance the role and performance of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) before Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today. This will be done in conjunction with the 202nd Police Day parade at the Police Training Centre […]
Umno must transform or collapse: Najib (Updated)
(Updated 11:41pm, 24 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 24 March 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has called on Umno members to undertake a complete transformation that is total and tangible in the name of survival of the party. Addressing the joint opening of Wanita Umno, Umno Youth and Puteri Umno general assemblies at the Putra […]
Delegates to heed Abdullah’s advice
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 March 2009: Delegates to the Umno general assembly have vowed to heed Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s advice to elect leaders respected by the society for the sake of the people and the nation. Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said Abdullah told the 2,500 delegates during the pre-conference session at Putra World […]
Stop dirty tactics to defeat Umno candidates: Pak Lah
KUWAIT CITY, 23 March 2009: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has called for a stop to the employment of dirty tactics, including circulating libellous text messages as well as defaming people, in the run-up to the Umno elections this week. The Malaysian prime minister and Umno president said this should not be the way to […]
