(Updated 10:47pm, 31 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 31 March 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is set to take over the prime ministership from Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, is expected to introduce a leaner cabinet, analysts said. They said that a smaller cabinet would be more in tune with the current situation and in […]
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There’ll be continuity under Najib
PUTRAJAYA, 31 March 2009: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today he is convinced that Datuk Seri Najib Razak will continue to implement ideas and programmes initiated during his administration after his deputy takes over as the sixth prime minister of Malaysia. “He will continue (with the projects)…I believe (that)…I just work on the basis […]
Power transfer: Wait for official statement, says Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, 31 March 2009: Any question on the actual date of the transfer of power will only be known after the official statement is issued by the Prime Minister’s Department. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he could not make any comment as long as the official statement was not issued. “This […]
Uphill task in Bkt Gantang, says PAS
TAIPING, 29 March 2009: PAS secretary-general Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar said today the party would have an uphill task in retaining the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in the 7 April by-election now that the new Umno leadership was in place. He said the new Umno president, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, assisted by the new deputy president, […]
Azalina won’t quit cabinet
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 March 2009: Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, who failed to retain her seat on the Umno supreme council, is leaving it to incoming prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to decide on her position in the new cabinet. “It depends on the good offices of the incoming prime minister to […]
Najib confident of regaining lost ground
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 March 2009: Umno President Datuk Seri Najib Razak has expressed his confidence that Umno would regain the support of the people if the promised reforms were carried out. The Deputy Prime Minister said the people would analyse the transformation based on the actions and implementations. “The people will judge us not on […]
Simultaneous elections for Umno posts: Najib
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 March 2009: The Umno constitution will be amended to allow simultaneous elections for top party posts in all 191 divisions nationwide, Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today. This will be among changes in the party to ensure that the election process is carried out in an open and transparent manner, […]
Najib, Muhyiddin make a good combination: Pak Lah
(Updated 11pm, 27 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 27 March 2009: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will make a good combination as Umno president and deputy president. “The Najib and Muhyiddin combination is good…they can work together and are compatible … no conflicting opinion,” said the […]
Delegates are mature, have M’sian outlook: Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 March 2009: Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the decision of the delegates in electing the party leadership line-up reflected their maturity and Malaysian outlook. If previously the results mostly favoured candidates from the peninsula, the election this time around saw four candidates from Sabah being elected into the Umno […]
I will remain loyal to president, says Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 March 2009: Newly-elected Umno president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he would always remain loyal to incoming president Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak and assist him in spearheading the party and the country. Muhyiddin, who garnered 1,575 votes, to beat Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib, who polled 916 votes, described his victory […]
