PM: Polls showed we were slow in carrying out reforms - The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The result of the recent general election was a strong message that the Government had not moved fast enough in reforms which were promised, said Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

“I thank the Malaysian people for this message. Point well made and point taken,” said the Prime Minister.

He said this in his keynote address at the Invest Malaysia 2008 conference here yesterday.

Abdullah said the Barisan Nasional also lost the cyberwar during the elections and it was a serious misjudgment to have ignored such methods of information dissemination.

“Young people were looking at SMSes, the Internet and other tools to get information.

“We did not think that it was important to respond. It was a serious misjudgment. It was a very serious mistake on our part,” he said.

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