Abdullah’s legacy is slowly being dismantled, as more mess get exposed. Bernama TV a private entity which is owned by former prime minister Abdullah Badawi fourth-floor boys (not government) is reported to be owing government RM10 millions in debts. But the real question according to YB Wee is this: Should the authority allow any part [...]
New leadership, new Cabinet and of course new agenda. Someone might have interpreted that change in leadership as an opportunity to undo previous administration’s legacy. Well – it’s wasn’t that long. Today it was reported that a panel will investigate MV Augusta sale. The Public Accounts Committee is expected to call up Proton Holdings Bhd [...]
Bernama reports: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali took Umno delegates by surprise today when they emerged at the Merdeka Hall, Putra World Trade Centre, where the final day of the Umno General Assembly was underway. The former Umno president arrived at about 12.30pm at a time when newly-elected [...]
A backbencher on Monday suggested that Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi be given a role as senior minister after he steps down as prime minister next month, the same way Singapore appoints Lee Kuan Yew as minister mentor. Datuk Mohamad Aziz (BN-Sri Gading) said the move was apt as Abdullah had done a lot of [...]
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has described the passing of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Committee (MACC) Bill 2008 and Judicial Appointments Committee (JAC) Bill 2008 as a major success of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. He said the success would give the government a fresh impetus to deal with corruption and enhance the integrity [...]
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib said he was keeping an open mind on Abdullah’s controversial Judicial Appointment Commission bill. Saying that he had yet to read the bill but did not think there was a constitutional provision which clearly stated that everything should be preserved as it was. Taib was rather cautious commenting [...]
In politics they say ‘politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason’. Despite publicly pledged allegiance to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi leadership for the past few seventh months, the tone of support a day after Abdullah announced his retirement seem to be the reversed. The drastic changed of support [...]
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Monday he will announce tomorrow or on Wednesday whether he will defend the post of Umno president at the party elections in March next year. “You wait la! Why are you so impatient?” the prime minister told reporters when asked when he would announce his decision. He said he [...]
Each year on the last Thursday before the end of the Ramadan fasting month, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi leads evening vigil prayers that stretch till dawn the next day. Following the vigil this year – as he huddled with close advisers and friends at the pre-fast (pre-dawn) meal referred to by Muslims as Sahur – [...]
Malaysia’s opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, announced this week that he has enough parliamentary support to unseat the current government, led by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. If he does, Mr. Abdullah’s lackluster economic management will be largely to blame. The prime minister has not introduced any substantive reforms during his nearly five years in office, [...]
