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18764
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 10:39
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BN NOT FALLING APART, SAYS PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Tuesday denied the notion that the ruling party is falling apart and disintegrating.
"No, you are interpreting it wrongly. We will never allow (the BN to fall
apart or disintegrate).
"We are like a football team... very aggressive but we play the same game.
We are aiming at one goal -- at the opponent -- for us to win," he told
reporters after chairing the BN supreme council meeting at the Menara Datuk Onn
here Tuesday.
To a question whether he was losing control of the coalition, he said this
was not the case.
Issues in the BN, especially those concerning the northern Umno Bukit
Bendera division chief Ahmad Ismail, would be settled soon, he added.
Abdullah said he was happy to note that leaders of BN component parties who
attended Tuesday's meeting had stressed that they must be together in the BN to
face whatever threats, obstacles and challenges.
"We must face it together and work together to ensure the success of BN
plans and programmes," he said.
He also said that it was important for the people's aspirations and wishes
to reach the BN, and in this respect, there must an avenue for them to interact
and communicate their views with the party.
Abdullah also underlined several steps to reform the BN, including the
deployment of its information machinery to disseminate information on party
acitivities and government policies.
He said the activities should be implemented together and not be done in
isolation by component parties.
"We must ensure the participation of other component parties in any party
activities," he said.
Abdullah also said that the BN meeting should not only be held at the
national level but also at all levels.
"We should also create a research body, comprising representatives of BN
component parties. We can no longer task this specifically to one party or hope
that it will be done by any one party on behalf of the others," he said.
Abdullah said information bodies within the BN should comprise
representative of all BN component parties for a better coordination.
This was also to show that the BN component parties understood one another
and committed towards the BN's cause, he said.
-- BERNAMA
"No, you are interpreting it wrongly. We will never allow (the BN to fall
apart or disintegrate).
"We are like a football team... very aggressive but we play the same game.
We are aiming at one goal -- at the opponent -- for us to win," he told
reporters after chairing the BN supreme council meeting at the Menara Datuk Onn
here Tuesday.
To a question whether he was losing control of the coalition, he said this
was not the case.
Issues in the BN, especially those concerning the northern Umno Bukit
Bendera division chief Ahmad Ismail, would be settled soon, he added.
Abdullah said he was happy to note that leaders of BN component parties who
attended Tuesday's meeting had stressed that they must be together in the BN to
face whatever threats, obstacles and challenges.
"We must face it together and work together to ensure the success of BN
plans and programmes," he said.
He also said that it was important for the people's aspirations and wishes
to reach the BN, and in this respect, there must an avenue for them to interact
and communicate their views with the party.
Abdullah also underlined several steps to reform the BN, including the
deployment of its information machinery to disseminate information on party
acitivities and government policies.
He said the activities should be implemented together and not be done in
isolation by component parties.
"We must ensure the participation of other component parties in any party
activities," he said.
Abdullah also said that the BN meeting should not only be held at the
national level but also at all levels.
"We should also create a research body, comprising representatives of BN
component parties. We can no longer task this specifically to one party or hope
that it will be done by any one party on behalf of the others," he said.
Abdullah said information bodies within the BN should comprise
representative of all BN component parties for a better coordination.
This was also to show that the BN component parties understood one another
and committed towards the BN's cause, he said.
-- BERNAMA
