Abdullah sticking to handover plan

HUA HIN (THAILAND), Sun:

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today that he would stick to the plan to hand over the premiership to his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak after the Umno election this month.

"Well there was this plan that I have made, so we have to follow the plan," he said at a press conference at the end of the 14th Asean Summit here.

Abdullah, who is also the UMNO president, said this when asked to comment on speculations that he would not relinquish the prime minister's post after the party election later this month.

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