HUA HIN (Thailand): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will hand over the baton to his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak this month.
He said he would stick to the plan to hand over the prime ministership to Najib.
“That is the plan that I have made, so we will have to follow the plan,” Abdullah replied to a question by a foreign journalist on concerns that he would not hand over the prime ministership after the Umno general meeting at the end of the month.
Abdullah is here attending the 14th Asean summit.
He had late last year decided not to seek re-election as the party president and step down as Prime Minister.
In another development, Malaysia’s push for Asean to recognise the Gaza situation received a boost when the region’s 10 leaders called for humanitarian aid for the Palestinians.
The chairman’s statement at the summit said the well-being of the Palestinian people in Gaza was of paramount importance.
“We support all efforts – regional and international – aimed at achieving a durable ceasefire on the ground.
“We stress the importance of promoting recovery and rehabilitation in Gaza, and the need for sustained international assistance,” said the statement.
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