Wednesday September 10, 2008 MYT 4:11:26 PM

Muhyiddin: PM should step down before 2010

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should consider stepping down before 2010 to give Barisan Nasional time to prepare for the next general election, Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is purported to have said at a conference here.

“I have said it myself that 2010 is too long,” he said in response to a question from a reporter on the sidelines of a Forbes conference in Singapore, Reuters reported.

“The PM may have to rethink whether the deadline is tenable,” said Muhyiddin, who was there in his capacity as International Trade and Industry Minister.

Abdullah promised to hand power over to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Razak in 2010, the Reuters report noted.