DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang wondered aloud yesterday as to how both the Prime Minister and his deputy could be out of the country this week.
“Why is the 30-year standing rule or of longer vintage that both the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister should not be out of the country at the same [...]

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi will not defend the Umno presidency.
He told leaders of the Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties here today that he will quit as party president by March next year.
This will pave the way for Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is favoured to win the party presidency, to take over as [...]

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi says he will not reconvene Parliament next Tuesday, as demanded by Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“I do not see any reason to call an emergency sitting as we are sitting after Ramadan,” he said after today’s Umno supreme council meeting here.
Earlier today, Anwar had demanded the PM reconvene [...]

In a minor Cabinet reshuffle today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi named his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as finance minister.
Abdullah, who was the finance minister, will take over Najib’s defence ministry portfolio.
In making the announcement yesterday, Abdullah and Najib also said the transition plan in which the two leaders have agreed [...]

Below are highlights of the 2009 Budget, tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the Dewan Rakyat on 29 August 2008.

Budget 2009 is focussed on the well being of all Malaysians, further strengthening the nation’s resilience to mitigate the adverse impact of an increasingly challenging external environment.

Themed a Caring Budget, the Budget [...]

This morning the Malaysian Election Commission announced nomination and polling day for the by-election that I will contest in Permatang Pauh. I look forward to the campaign period to meet with voters in my home constituency. I invite all Malaysians to join me in this historic campaign to bring forth a New Dawn for Malaysia [...]