Muhyiddin: Umno General Assembly Focus Of Attention

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 (Bernama) -- Umno's 63rd general assembly at the end of this month is the focus of everyone's attention because it involves the power transition between Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his deputy, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, said International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Muhyiddin, who is also Umno vice president, said the matter would be considered settled when Najib took over the mantle.
"Other contests like for the deputy president's post of which I am in the fray are also deemed very important especially in the current political and economic scenario.
"We can say Umno is faced with challenges and so too the Barisan Nasional in terms of the people's perception following the outcome of the last general election," he said on the Dialog@1 talk show aired by the TV1 television channel here tonight. The talk was entitled "Global Economic Crisis: Miti's Challenges and Hopes".
He also said besides the power transition, the people wanted to know how Malaysia could ride the crisis, the worst the world has faced since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
"We do not want too much politicking, economic issues are of the utmost priority to ensure Malaysians can have a better life," he said.
Muhyiddin said whoever was elected to fill leadership positions in Umno in the party's polls during the GA must be able to solve the challenges the country was facing now.
Asked whether allegations of rampant money politics in Umno portrayed a negative image of the party in the eyes of the public, he said many people felt this but not all candidates were involved.
"It is important to show Umno is ready to change and overcome weaknesses that may exist. The people are not interested to hear Umno will change, they want to see real changes," he said.
He said Umno must be ready to go to the ground, be people-friendly and undertake many more programmes that were beneficial to the people.
He added that the political scenario had changed and the younger generation of voters were very demanding.
"They are not like voters of before, so the decisions and actions we take will ultimately determine our fate," he said.

tunku : i pray that the umno delegates will vote for real/true leaders this time around. please do not vote cartoon character/joker/crook/liar/arrogant type as our leaders.think of the mass before voting.we don't want to have weak umno after the election as there are serious agenda to face,that is our major problem now,the economy.if wrong people are voted in, umno will waste it's time in politics 24/7.last but not least VOTE FOR MUHYIDDIN though he is not like the other two who claimed that they are the architect of everything.