Prime Minister Abdullah Haji Ahmad BadawiApril 2, 2009 (Thursday), Prime Minister Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi had officially resigned before Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Malaysia, Tuanku Mirzan, at Istana Negara.
Pak Lah, Malaysia 5th Prime Minister was a great person. His contribution to this country cannot be judged now as what he did was to lay down a strong foundation for his successor to continue building this great nation.
You may not even noticed what has he done for this country, but slowly the country is transforming....
Malaysia has developed rapidly from 1990 to 1999, from an agriculture based economy to an industrial based economy and moving forward to a knowledge based economy in early 2000. We have build the highest twin tower in the world and have one of the renown F1 race track in the world. The Malaysian society has changed tremendously over the past 20 years.
Yet, the are so many left behind. Rich peoples get much richer, poor peoples get much poorer. Society value drop, ethnic relation deteriorated, crime rate soar, quality of life goes down, foreign workers increase dramatically and corruption proliferated.
A great cost for the economy booming.
Pak Lah knew very well that his mission is not to create another economy booming, because our economy has reach to a level that we need to transform our economy to a more sustainable growing economy. He abandoned the mega project and turn back to Malaysia's strength- the agriculture sector that we have ignored for the past 20 years. He also has a new master plan of bringing the development to rural area, out of Klang Valley which could growth solely by private sector. With this, he launches 5 economy corridors.
Of course, his greatest legacy was to open up freedom of speech, especially the freedom for media reporting. Though some blamed his move to cause the political tsunami on March 8 General Election.
He may not be the best Prime Minister, but he is certainly the "Mr Clean" that we all know well. And he is certainly the "Good Man" of all time.
Now, it is time for him to return to his normal life, as ordinary Malaysian, a lifestyle that he always wanted to, to celebrate everyday with his family.
May God Bless You, Pak Lah.
Farewell, and we will miss you.
