Malaysians Call for PM Resignation

(10 Mar 08 - RV) Malaysia's prime minister took the oath of office for a new five-year term today, rejecting calls to resign after an unprecedented electoral setback that has shaken the country's political landscape. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was sworn-in in front of the country’s constitutional monarch and dozens of government dignitaries.


Yesterday, former long-time leader Mahathir Mohamad called for Badawi 's resignation, saying he had «apparently made the wrong choice» when he hand-picked Abdullah to succeed him in 2003.


The editor of the Catholic Weekly Herald is Father Lawrence Andrew.  He says there are growing calls in the country for the Prime Minister’s resignation: