Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today expressed surprise over senior cabinet colleague Muhyiddin Yassin’s call for the premier to hasten his exit plan."That is his opinion. I am very surprised he came out with such an opinion, he already agreed on that (to the transition plan) before. I am surprised that a member of my cabinet came out with that kind of statement going against what has already been agreed," he said.
The prime minister was visibly upset when reporters posed him with this question during a press conference in Putrajaya.
He stressed that the transition plan was agreed to by the cabinet and Umno.
Abdullah said that he had a lot of responsibilities and problems to solve before handing over the reins to his deputy Najib Razak in 2010.
"I am not staying on just for the pleasure of staying on. I tell you this is not a work I can regard as a pleasure, there are a lot of responsibilities and problems that need to be attended to, (as well as) programmes that I have already indicated that I will do my best to complete," he added.
According to him, these responsibilities include reforming the judiciary, police, Anti-Corruption Agency as well as eradicating poverty.
"The IPCMC (Independent Police Complaint and Misconduct Commission) is also a matter to be looked into, it is the last part of the reform (on the police force)," he said.
On whether he will ask Muhyiddin to explain, the premier replied: "There is no need to ask me what I am going to do. Next question, enough for this (subject)."
tunku : it has been agreed by you only and najib has to agree with it because of no choice.the umno MT and cabinet minister has never been consulted before the agreement was made.this is another lie from pak lah.you may have consulted few of them which favours you but not the others. by right it has to be discuss at umno mt meeting, but it was not done in proper way.it was just an announcement by you and najib.as for muhyiddin he has said much earlier that you should leave asap.
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Umno must be revived
Khir feels it is high time that the party accepted a new leadership so that Umno can re-brand itself - thereby gaining trust and uniting its supporters again.
Khir said Umno was currently in "a bad shape and it needs to be revived by new leadership and idealism".
The former Selangor MB also reiterated his stand that Abdullah should step down soon for a stronger leader.
"We must study and accept our weaknesses and listen to what the grassroots have to say and to me they clearly want a leadership change. If we ignore what the supporters have to say we would be betraying the party cause.
"Umno will not be anything without the grassroots," said Khir.
Muhyiddin ni nak cari populariti nak bagi nama naik balik. Tambah pulak dia tak sabar nak jawatan lagi tinggi. Ada pulak dengar cerita yang dia akan dilantik jadi TPM kalau Ku Li naik jadi PM. Lagi menggelabah lah dia.
the Rakyat is more suprised that he himself surprised about this u-turn. A leader by example. When the leader flip-flopping, the follower will also flip-flopping... but flip-flopping for a better tomorrow is nothing to be ashamed of.
Flip-flopping a gentleman agreement,
flip-flopping a bridge that being agreed upon and budgeted by the cabinet himself,
what else? too much to mention, too hurt to recall.
congratulation to the leader.
"Berani Berubah"
Dolah's spin doctors incl SIL all this while is making people to believe that the problems he is facing today was inherited.
Blaming Dr M is unacceptable.
If the govt of Dr M was indeed unpopular, BN's landslide victory of 2004 would not have been possible.
Dolah is not a leader, he is only an administrator and that explain the sense of insecurity and instability that is prevailing in the country today,
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