Don't compare leadership styles, Muhyiddin tells Malaysian students

Bernama) -- Malaysian students overseas have been told not to compare Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's leadership style with that of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said both leaders had different approaches in governing the country.
"Under Tun, there were also many challenges, there were also people who were not confident in his leadership," he said during a dialogue with about 20 leaders from the New Zealand and Australia Umno Club here today.
Muhyiddin who is Umno vice-president, said the young generation should not look down on Abdullah's leadership.
"What's important is that when Datuk Seri Abdullah took over, he did not kill the policies made by Tun. In fact, he carries on with what was initiated by Tun," he said.
He said the Malaysian economy had improved even though some people were unsure of Abdullah's ability and gave a picture as though the economy was on the decline.
Under Dr Mahathir, various big projects were implemented and government agencies were given huge allocations to spend to boost the economy.
"When the prime minister took over, he had to evaluate the situation to manage the deficit to an acceptable level. That made some people to feel that the economy was in a bad shape because they did not get big projects," he said.
He said the move had strengthened the economy. Last year, it grew 5.9 per cent and this year, it was expected to reach six per cent, he said.
Inflation, meanwhile, had dropped to 3.1 per cent and commodity prices had jumped, he said.

tunku : yea muhyidin, do not compare Tun and pak lah, one is in the sky and one is on the ground, that is the different between them.you people can tell anything you like but the public is not that stupid.I just give one example, during Tun's time proton was cash rich with RM2billion in hand and now a losing company.
You said that some people to feel that the economy was in a bad shape because they did not get big projects , hello mr muhyidin, i am just a normal citizen which never hopes on any projects and there are lots of us who is suffering from the hp6 team managing this country.are you still dreaming of becoming the deputy prime minister? better luck next time.