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Yes. Please persuade Pak Lah to stay on. We like Pak Lah more because he opens up the society.

Tengku, thank you very much. Malaysians in general would prefer Pak Lah over Najib. Najib is the last person malaysians want as PM. That is a foregone conclusion and the more mahatir call for Najib to be PM, the more we malaysians vomit.

Say no to return of Mahathirism!
Malaysia cannot affort to suffer frm another corrupted and tyrannic era.

Until Pakatan Rakyat is ready to take over, Badawi is still better than any of the monsters and devils in UMNO.

To be fair to pak lah, everybody should honour the voters choice. He should be allow to complete his term of PM. Those who object him as PM is a disgrace to democracy. It is not right to force him to leave his job unless there is a change in paliament.

Between Pak Lah and Najib,
I choose Pak Lah.
Period.

At least Pak Lah doesn't need a garbage dump like Najis having all those trash hanging over his head.

after what was revealed in TheSun newspaper today, (truly independent ACA) i have renewed hope (albeit slightly pessimistic) that he may just reform the ACA as is happening and reform the judiciary and the process of appointment as well...

now if hes gonna do this pleaseee do stay on

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What's the different between a joker & a clown...?? Sama saja...
Hidup Anwar...!!

By now, Abdullah Badawi would have seen who his enemies are and who are the useless and the corrupts.
So,if he stays on as PM, I believe he will show and prove that he is not weak anymore. He will be braved enough to remove all the garbage in his party and maybe resurrect BN. A good strategy indeed.

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i just hope that pak lah's love for his country is greater than his love for the party, so that he may do what is right for the country, not just for his party.

I think he should stay until the next GE.

To be fair,Pak Lah did opens up the democracy in Malaysia, the Linggam case,DSAI release (think he did some recommendation) ,the ACA independence,308 tsunami........

Give him another chance.

PaK Lah is appointed by the King and he need not have to be the president of UMNO. Once appointed by the King , no matter if Pak Lah faces no confident vote, the King cannot removed him until the next general election. The power to appoint the PM does not give the power to sack! So stay on as PM.

My feeling is not that Pak Lah wants to continue becoming the Prime Minister BUT rather Najib that may not like to take up the offer of the job !! Najib prefer to be just the president of UMNO at the moment.

Which means 'somebody ' is holding Najib's balls ! Should he decided to become the next PM come March 2009, there are chances a lot of 'secrets' being exposed !!

This is just my feelings

Political party leaders are chosen by their respective party members. The Prime Minister should be elected by all the Malaysians in the general election i.e. the popular vote . That is to ensure that whoever being elected as Prime Minister is generally accepted by majority of the citizen and is capable to lead the country as a whole.

Apparently most of our politicians as we can see in the newspaper , are spending too much time in trivial issues and always try to be heros in obtaining support from party members whenever there is party election . If the post of Prime Minister is to be elected by the citizen in terms of individual popular votes, then every politician will make very sure that whatever they speak or act must be the " vitamin " to improve the country as a whole. This may avoid the politicians from spending too much time in arguing the unproductive trival issues.

This is only a general comment and has no intention to go against any politician and authority.

Abdullah should stay on as our PM until next general election because so many reforms not finish yet BUT make sure Abdullah reform forward and not backward like Judiciary!!! The most important is please reforms ONLY and don't simple spending our tax money like their own pocket money!

Regarding ACA reform I suggest is compulsory every year ACA must investigate their wealth of a PM, DPM, all Ministers and Deputy Ministers!!!

My last message to UMNO is please remember Malaysia is belong to all Malaysians, if UMNO wants rakyat to respect them please remember rakyat also needs people to respect!!!

In America, the President is chosen by the people. The people decide who is fit to be President. Barack Obama had to go through two rounds. The first round was among his fellow Democratic hopefuls. After winning the first round, he had to face John McCain , the Republican choice, in the second round. It was a gruelling match until November 4th. There was no way money politics could work. How do you bribe the millions of voters ? And how much do you have to dish out to win support ? And even if you could pour in billions of dollars, there wa no guarantee that voters who were bribed would vote for you! There was no way you could bribe voters there , independent and proud as the voters are!

Now, to solve money politics in Malaysia, throw the PM's seat to the people to decide. Then, you do not need a Disciplinary Board to decide who was at fault; who bribed who! Obviously, an aspirant could not bribe millions of voters!

Now, what do we have here? Two top guys in UMNO decide when one should step down and when the other could step up! The Non-UMNO Parties have no say! They only have to say "setuju " and that is that! And the people at large?No say at all! So, where si the legitimacy of position of the PM? To cut down on money politics and to cut down on racial slurs thereby reducing racial tension, have an open contest for Premiership! Whoever wins in the contest will have the backing of the majority of the people. This is democracy in action; and the PM can proclaim to the whole world that he is chosen by the people!

He is popularly elected! No money politics! No behind closed-door deals! No transitional tarnsfer of power! No bargaining! The PM's position is not for sale in the Auction for the highest bidder!


S.H. Huang

Pak Lah still remaining as PM after March 2009 is only wishful thinking. Arguements that PM is apppointed by the King and as long as he gets a vote of confidence from Parliament are pursuasive but are not reflective of the real world. A PM who is not the President of UMNO (he will just be an ordinary Ketua Bahagian) will be a toothless leader. Imagine Pak Lah as PM not being eligible to attend the UMNO MT meeting. Not being able to chair the UMNO state liaison committees, no control over the UMNO leaders, ADUN and MPs. It will be chaotic. He will create more harm than good. He will only succeed in creating more political and economic instability. Pak Lah understands this and he will gracefully handover the baton to Najib. Period.