UMNO POLITICAL BATTLE IS ON

Getting ready to see the political battle for life and death between Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah in December 2008. It is a fierce zero sum political battle and the price is UMNO presidency.

The announcement made by UMNO president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi that he is willing to accept Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s challenges to the presidency can be seen as the beginning of the political battle.

The Umno supreme council meeting decided that party elections will be held Dec 16-20, 2008 which coinciding with the party's annual general assembly.

UMNO president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who chaired the meeting, which ended at 7.30pm, Mac 27, 2008 made the announcement.

On Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's proposal to hold a party extraordinary general meeting on May 11, Abdullah said the issue did not come up for discussion.