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Sat, 03/28/2009 - 18:16
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POWER TRANSFER: ABDULLAH TO SEEK AUDIENCE WITH KING THURSDAY
KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Bernama) -- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will seek an audience with the King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin on Thursday to convey his intention to relinquish his post as the prime minister.
Abdullah said the official date for the handing over of power to Najib Razak
would be fixed once the King had given his
consent.
"After I obtain His Majesty's consent, the date for the official handing
over of power would be set," he said in his winding-up speech, his final as the
Umno president, at the Umno General Assembly here Friday.
"I am hereby handing over the Umno leadership to the new president Najib and
may Umno is blessed under his leadership," he said.
Najib, 55, who won the Umno presidency unopposed, took over the post from
Abdullah, who held the presidency since October 2004.
Abdullah said the official date for the handing over of power to Najib Razak
would be fixed once the King had given his
consent.
"After I obtain His Majesty's consent, the date for the official handing
over of power would be set," he said in his winding-up speech, his final as the
Umno president, at the Umno General Assembly here Friday.
"I am hereby handing over the Umno leadership to the new president Najib and
may Umno is blessed under his leadership," he said.
Najib, 55, who won the Umno presidency unopposed, took over the post from
Abdullah, who held the presidency since October 2004.
