 Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi answering questions from Lorraine Hahn |
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has promised that on retirement, he will not indulge in any activity which would embarrass the country and the government.
Instead, Abdullah said he intended to occupy his time with things like fishing, gardening and planting fruit trees.
"I am basically a kampung boy and I am returning to my old ways," he said during a question- and-answer session last night by well-known television presenter Lorraine Hahn at a function called "An Evening with the Prime Minister" and themed "A Prime Minister's Passage".
The event, organised by the Kuala Lumpur Business Club, was also attended by Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah.
On what role he was hoping to play upon retirement, Abdullah said he would need to discuss the matter with Najib.
"Maybe there is something that I want to do but let me discuss first with Najib. Whatever I do, I do not want to embarrass the government."
Abdullah also urged everyone to give their support to Najib.
"I am also happy that Najib has agreed to continue with the national agenda."
On his message to Malaysians before he left office, Abdullah said: "I hope that everybody will continue to work hard and have faith in your own ability to survive.
"This has also been my personal philosophy like when I was thrown out of the cabinet back in 1993. I made a comeback some three years later and went to the top to become the prime minister."
On the open debate policy which he introduced during his term as prime minister, Abdullah said: "People seem happy with the freedom which I gave and if that is the case, then it is good.
"I know that I have a high level of tolerance but having more freedom also comes with responsibility and one should not forget that. There is no such thing as absolute freedom."
Abdullah also hoped that the media and blogs would be more responsible.
"In one way or another, all of us have to exercise restraint. If we practise responsibility, Malaysia would then be a good country and more people would come here."
To a question on whether he was satisfied with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission which he initiated, Abdullah said: "We have just started and I believe that it would soon become very, very active.
"We have the confidence in the people whom we have placed in this commission. They are very dedicated but they need the power to ensure that they have the freedom to carry out their tasks and investigations."
On what he considered as some of his achievements during his term of office, Abdullah said he was able to introduce the reforms that he had promised when he came into power.
This, he said, included matters related to the judiciary, anti-corruption and police.
"I am very glad that I could deliver what I had promised when some quarters had doubted whether there would be enough support in Parliament to support the bills when they were tabled."New Straits Times
TWM: The statements by Pak Lah is self explanatory. It clearly shows what a humble man he is. Some people who criticized him before are now saying he is great leader. What hyporite these leaders are. Last time whatever Pak Lah does are wrong. Now they are saying what a great leader he is. These leaders are standing for posts in the comming party elections. They thought by saying what they have said they would be getting the votes of Pak Lah ' s supporters. How shallow their thinking and they thought party members would easily forget what they have said before !!
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