Pak Lah to Najib 2010??!!

I read with a deep interest with what have been wrote by the newspapers today about the power transition between Pak Lah (PM) and Najib (TPM). It is mentioned that the year of 2010 is going to take place.

It is not who is going to be the next PM that interest me but the way how Najib responses towards it.

I feel that Najib is really a good leader. He is not too crazy for power! I love the he treats Pak Lah. He never pressures Pak Lah to step down in order to give way fro him.

I pray and hope that the the time comes for Najib to be the prime minister, everybody will do the same to him. No back stabbing!

I also hope that Najib will cares all the races and religions fairly.

More reading:

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday urged all Umno members to support the transition plan and continue to support his "boss" Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as president of Umno and prime minister.

For the first time, deputy president Najib addressed the 1,000-odd delegates at a special party meeting after Abdullah had spoken to them.

"It is strange for me to speak after the president. I hope this is the last time ever that I have to speak after the president," said Najib, who was visibly touched by Abdullah's announcement of the transition plan.

He said he was asked to speak after Abdullah "so that I could hear what he had to say and then frame my response".

"I am touched by the prime minister's willingness to fix a date for handing over power and I hope all Umno members will support this," he said to loud applause.

Najib told Umno members he had never asked Abdullah to set a date for handing over power.

"I left it to the prime minister. All I asked for was adequate time to make preparations."

Najib appealed to all Umno divisions to nominate Abdullah for the post of party president in polls scheduled for December.

"But please do not forget to nominate me as deputy president," he said to laughter.

Najib's comments effectively scotched the ambitions of International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who with support from Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim, had been positioning himself for either of the top two posts.

Muhyiddin was not present as he is overseas on a trade mission.

Najib, who started on a sombre note after the delegates tried to digest Abdullah's announcement on the transition, paid tribute to the party president, saying that it was not easy to willingly give up power.

He said it was difficult for many people to even give up the position of division head.

"When the prime minister informed me of his decision, I was moved," he said, adding that this indicated that Abdullah was a man with a "big heart".

"For me, it means the prime minister has faith in my ability to shoulder the responsibilities of the top post in the party and in the country," he said, adding that the task that lay before Abdullah and him now was to strengthen the party and government before the next general election.

He said it was to ensure that the party was not split that he refused to listen to advocates who egged him on to challenge Abdullah for the presidency in December.

Among the chief proponents were former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who even labelled Najib a coward for refusing to take on Abdullah.

Najib said he had always believed that the transfer of power should be carried out according to party traditions and with proper Malay etiquette.

"I want to succeed with the blessings of my boss (Abdullah) because (when I succeed) I do not want my former boss to attack me," Najib said, in apparent reference to the non-stop attacks by Dr Mahathir on Abdullah, although it was Dr Mahathir himself who had named Abdullah as his successor.

Najib said it was through a proper transition that the party would remain strong and united.

He said there were some who asked him to contest against Abdullah but he pointed out that he had never won positions in the party through challenges against incumbents.

"Why then should I start now? I will not do something (challenge my boss), something I do not want to be done to me."

Abdullah and Najib were both given a standing ovation by the delegates as they left the hall.