“Maybe,” was the Prime Minister’s reply at an unscheduled press conference here last night when he was asked whether statements by Dr Mahathir and Umno vice-president Muhyiddin reflected a move to push him out of office earlier than the date agreed upon by the Umno supreme council.
In slamming Dr Mahathir for creating hatred and disunity among party members, Abdullah said the former prime minister had no business in Umno as he had quit the party and should stop making such statements.
“He is just creating disunity and hatred and acting like a party director,” he said in explaining that when he decided not to contest the Umno presidency, it was to avoid disunity in the party.
On Dr Mahathir’s statement that Umno members should reject all of Abdullah’s supporters, the Prime Minister said there was nothing wrong for those who had worked with him to contest posts and receive support from the members.
On Muhyiddin’s alleged call to have an earlier transition of power in December instead of March, Abdullah said the transition was agreed upon and endorsed by the Umno supreme council where even Muhyiddin did not object to the plan.
He said the supreme council understood the reason why March was picked as Abdullah wanted to undertake the judicial and Anti Corruption Agency reforms in Parliament before leaving.
He also slammed Muhyiddin for claiming that there was a groundswell against Umno and Barisan Nasional which forced a change to the June 2010 transition plan.
Earlier in Kuala Lumpur, Bernama reported that Muhyiddin denied calling for an earlier transition of power between Abdullah and his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He pointed out that what he had said was that the campaign period for the party elections was perceived to be too long.
“I did say that the duration was too long but I did not say that the date should be amended because I respect the decision of the (Umno) supreme council on the duration for the power transition. We (in the supreme council) have reached a consensus and the president has decided, and I respect that. The power transition still remains in March,” he told reporters at his Hari Raya open house yesterday.
“This is my statement on the campaign and it has nothing to do with the power transition. These are two different subjects. The campaign period is different, the power transition has been fixed. I don’t want to be branded as someone who is questioning (the power transition).”
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Western, Central and Eastern “Belts” of Peninsular Malaysia and distribution of suture zone rocks (oceanic ribbon-bedded cherts, argillites, mélange, serpentinites) and ribbon-bedded cherts, argillites and turbidites of the Semanggol Formation. Radiolarian localities and ages are also shown (after Metcalfe et al., 1999). Inset map shows the distribution of principal continental terranes and sutures of East and Southeast Asia. WB=West Burma, SWB=South West Borneo, S=Semitau Terrane, HT=Hainan Island terranes, L=Lhasa Terrane, QI=Qiangtang Terrane, QS=Qamdo-Simao Terrane, SI=Simao Terrane, SG=Songpan Ganzi accretionary complex, KL=Kunlun Terrane, QD=Qaidam Terrane, AL=Ala Shan Terrane (after Metcalfe, 1998). [Taken from Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Volume 18, Issue 6, December 2000, Pages 691-712]
KUALA LUMPUR 25 Mei – Kejadian gempa bumi kecil yang telah menggegarkan kawasan Bukit Tinggi, Pahang sebanyak 21 kali sejak November tahun lalu menimbulkan tanda tanya terutama di kalangan penduduk yang tinggal di kawasan sekitarnya.
KUALA LUMPUR 26 Mei – Kawasan Bukit Tinggi di Pahang yang terletak dalam zon sesar di mana lapisan bumi bergeser antara satu sama lain menjadi punca kejadian gempa kecil kerap berlaku di kawasan itu termasuk pagi semalam.
Pensyarah Jabatan Geologi, Universiti Malaya (UM), Prof. Madya Datuk Dr. Mohamad Ali Hasan berkata, lokasi itu menyebabkan Bukit Tinggi mudah menerima kesan daripada gempa bumi di negara jiran.
“Walaupun kawasan Bukit Tinggi terletak jauh dari China dan Indonesia, tetapi ia masih boleh menerima gegaran kuat di daratan berbanding kawasan lain di Malaysia.
“Ia juga boleh dikaitkan dengan tekanan persekitaran yang kuat di Asia Pasifik,” katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia hari ini.
The Bentong–Raub Suture Zone by I. Metcalfe
"It is proposed that the Bentong–Raub Suture Zone represents a segment of the main Devonian to Middle Triassic Palaeo-Tethys ocean, and forms the boundary between the Gondwana-derived Sibumasu and Indochina terranes. Palaeo-Tethyan oceanic ribbon-bedded cherts preserved in the suture zone range in age from Middle Devonian to Middle Permian, and mélange includes chert and limestone clasts that range in age from Lower Carboniferous to Lower Permian. This indicates that the Palaeo-Tethys opened in the Devonian, when Indochina and other Chinese blocks separated from Gondwana, and closed in the Late Triassic (Peninsular Malaysia segment). The suture zone is the result of northwards subduction of the Palaeo-Tethys ocean beneath Indochina in the Late Palaeozoic and the Triassic collision of the Sibumasu terrane with, and the underthrusting of, Indochina....."
“The fact that many jobs were being advertised in the newspapers reflected that the economic situation was good,” he said.
Why are he and blogger Jeff restlessly attacking Koh Tsu Koon on the same issue during the GE12 campaign, and yet now he is sound so BN-rish?
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