Wednesday, October 08, 2008

ITS OFFICIAL - PAH LAH FINALLY QUITS AS PM & BN/UMNO PRESIDENT IN MARCH 2009

Press statement by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to announce his decision to step down next March 2009.

I have been in public service for over 45 years. I have served this country as a civil servant, and as an elected representative of the people. I have served as a member of government and feel blessed to serve in the highest office in the land.

I have seen this country grow from a small, poor nation into the modern, prosperous Malaysia that we live in today.

Despite our successful track record, for the past few years I have firmly believed that our nation is standing at an historic crossroads. We must reform some elements of our nation, we must evolve and mature, or we risk losing all that we have gained in over 50 years.

Throughout this time of reform and transformation, we Malaysians need to be united now more than ever before.
In all my years of service, I have always been guided by my conscience. I have always placed the interests of the nation above all else. It is with this in mind that I announce I will not stand for the presidency of Umno.

I do not want a divided party and governing coalition, but one that is united and harmonious. A united Barisan Nasional is vital in order for the country to face the global challenges ahead and for Malaysia to become a fully developed nation, with prosperity and fairness for all.

My current term as president of Umno ends in March next year. There are several initiatives I intend to see through before I leave office. These initiatives are important because they are necessary to move our country forward.

These initiatives are needed to regain our country's competitiveness. They are necessary to enable our nation and our society to face the challenges that the world has in store for us.

I ask all Malaysians to unite and join me in working towards making Malaysia a better place.

Reforming the judiciary, police force

First, our institutions need to be reformed and strengthened.

The judiciary needs to enhance its stature and credibility in the eyes of the public. Before I end my term, I will table a Parliamentary Bill to establish a Judicial Appointments Commission.

Such a commission will propose judicial appointments in a transparent and merit-based manner.

We also need a strong and effective anti-corruption body that can combat the cancer of corruption without fear or favour. Before the end of the year, I will table a Parliamentary Bill to establish the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, with greater powers of investigation and enforcement.

The commission's oversight structure has been modelled after the successful ICAC in Hong Kong.

I also intend to complete the establishment of a Special Complaints Commission to enhance the integrity and effectiveness of enforcement agencies.

Second, I have long spoken about the need to ensure that the fruits of growth are more equitably distributed.In the recent budget, I explained the government's commitment to strengthening and enlarging the social safety net. We will speed up work on this front to help poor and disadvantaged Malaysians, regardless of background, race or religion.

I will also work to ensure that tangible results can begin to be enjoyed in Iskandar, as well as the development corridor initiatives around the country.

Third, I would like to see the government and BN renew their commitment towards building a united and harmonious nation. Society has seen an alarming decline in inter-racial and inter-religious relations.

BN convention

Various issues have cropped up which threaten to tear the very fabric of Malaysian life.

We need to tackle these issues head-on, through dialogue; deal with the issues constructively and even-handedly; ensure greater clarity and certainty for the people; and focus on the points that unite us, rather than the points that divide us.

For this reason, I will convene a BN convention early next year. This is a long-term effort that I hope to kick-start and continue to contribute towards.

I fully intend to see through my mission, and I am sure that my successor will carry on this agenda. I want to hand over to my successor a Malaysia that is capable of weathering the challenges of a dangerous global economy, a Malaysia not of rich and poor, of young and old or of the city or the kampong, not of south and north, and not of one religion or another but of unity and harmony.

This is not the time for infighting and narrow politics but for greatness, unity and cooperation.

article courtesy of Malaysiakini
Hope PM Datuk Seri Abdullah will see that every one of his ambitions above are fullfilled latest by March 2009 and it is also hope that he set the platform for a UNITED MALAYSIA - no longer Malay, Chinese, Indian, Kadazans, Ibans and others - where we will be able to live in peace and harmony forever.

2 comments:

Trashed said...

Instead of a Judicial Review Bill, he should be tabling a repeal of the ISA.

That would be the single most important legacy that he could leave for Malaysians. After all, we are no longer fighting a communist insurgency.

When one has to leave for the unity of others ... indicates one is not wanted !!!

NewChief said...

bo says he has no intention to contest EVER AGAIN????

remind you folks that this man is not the man with his words!!! many past incidents had proven so about him !!

march 2008 is a very LO...OOOG LONG TIME!!! who knows, he might come out to suddenly says he will stay on BECAUSE he has FINALLY HAS ENOUGH SUPPORT especially from his die-hard followers or 'forced to suppport followers'.

hopefully within now and then, he has the balls and nuts to SCRAP ISA(not relevant or useable within malaysia modernization era) and immediately order for the release of the ISA detainees . this way, he will go down in history book for the generations to understand that we had actually a PM who has a human heart and not a tyrant who is 'kecil hati' during the month of rahmadan and goes for ISA especially !!!

bo should have note that why our ex-pm didn't put nashit for pm when he resigned but bo instead but he cares less. this nashit maybe far worst than him!!! he should have consider other possible candidates instead of giving support and endorse nashit as the future pm to manage for us!!

the rakyat knows nashit is also not a very popular man. e.g.he was thrown with drinking bottles while at p44 election, going sumpah un-officially he didn't knew the mongolia girl, pretending not knowing about syaitan saiful who just 'casually walk into his heavily guarded resident', his insistant that national training is a MUST (a very good way to make RM) and his very disappointing remark about scrapping subsidy SINCE the rakyat do't appreciate it !!!

nashit's absence from attending the latest world financial meetings should shows 'good' he can be to manage malaysia.

i hope i'm wrong when nashit comes into power, ISA will be more used often on bloggers and oppositions,
all subsidies having been enjoyed for the past +50yrs are scrapped resulting in sky-high of consumable products and everything, inflation will jump to above 30%, more crimes due to poverty and more corruptions on his side.

anyhow, i wish bo all the best and hopefully nashit can be the best pm malaysia has ever has after dr mahatir!!