KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Monday (6 Oct) he will announce Tuesday (7 Oct) or on Wednesday (8 Oct) whether he will defend the post of Umno president at the party elections in March next year.

"You wait la! Why are you so impatient?" the Prime Minister told reporters when asked when he would announce his decision.

He said he would meet with the leaders of Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties soon to inform them of the matter.

"Our colleagues in the BN have already indicated that they would like to be briefed. They want to be informed of what's going to happen," he said.

Abdullah spoke to reporters at a news conference after chairing a meeting of the Biotechnology International Advisory Panel at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), here Monday. (Bernama)