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JOHOR BAHARU, April 11 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Friday acknowledged that he was among the factors that had resulted in the reduced votes for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the 12th general election on March 8.
Abdullah, who is also the Umno president, said that as such, he felt responsible for making the best efforts to rehabilitate BN and Umno.
"I feel I am the reason for the spoilt votes for the Barisan Nasional. And I feel responsible to do what's best to rehabilitate the BN and Umno," he told reporters here Friday.
The Prime Minister said this to reporters after attending a meeting with the Johor Umno Liaison Body headed by Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, who is also the Johor Menteri Besar.
Also present at the meeting were International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Umno vice-president, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar and Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad was also present but Education Minister and Umno Youth head, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein did not attend the meeting as he is currently in Paris on official duty.
The Prime Minister said he understood that many changes promised to the people earlier had not been fulfilled by the government until now.
The changes promised to the people covered various aspects such as the judicial system, eradication of corrupt practices, bringing down the crime rate and inter-racial relations in the country, he said.
However, Abdullah said, the changes implemented by the government needed time before it could show positive results.
"As such, I will continue to give emphasis to bring the changes promised to the people. In fact, they had already been included in the pledges of the BN government in the (election) manifesto in 2004," he said.
-- BERNAMA
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