Pak Lah is going to quit. Can Najib mend the divisions amongst Malaysians now?

Malaysian PM Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is going to quit next month. Abdullah is the first PM who leads BN into the biggest victory and consequently the biggest defeat in the general elections since 1957. Why he lost a big handful of support in such a short span of time? In just 5 years?
Let us recall back to October 31st, 2003. Tun Mahathir retired and passed the sacred post to Abdullah, a gracious and confident call that was widely endorsed by most keynote political figures that time. Abdullah then led BN into a landslide victory in 12th general election 2004, even claimed back some of the states that BN found lost during Mahathir's last tenure. Given the trust by his predecessor and mandate from the rakyat, Abdullah although tried his best to lead the country in good shape, cautiously executed few megaprojects procured under 9th Malaysia Plan, his performance was generally viewed as a failure. He not only received numerous critics from Tun Mahathir, who openly condemned him for 'not listening to his stances and changed some of his policies', yet mounted with few tides of demonstrations towards the end of 2007. Despite all these loud voices and echoes from the beleagured public, Abdullah stayed strong, remained very still in his position and kept silent and vowed to deliver people's concerns. He then once again led BN force in 13th general election held on March 8th, 2008, a contest conducted with spirit, and ended with grace. BN lost 2/3rd majority, claimed back 140 out of 222 parliamentarian seats, a 58 seats deduction compared to 2004. While the Opposition Alliance, the first time ever formed since our independence, received 82 seats collectively.
I just want to say. Is that Malaysians like to cling support to Opposition? I don't think so. All I can say is a loud and clear message that Malaysians have spoken to Pak Lah: EQUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, TRANSPARENCY, AND FAIRNESS.
We want a more transparent government, not the one controlled by Tun Mahathir, who carried out a doctrine of dictatorship. So did the government change? Yes, it does. Right after the March 8th election, Abdullah gave orders to openly broadcast LIVE debates from Parliament on mainline local TVs. This has never done before by any past Prime Minister. It thus showed certain level of openness of this government. But is that enough? Certainly not. We still have a lot to fight for, to argue of, the unstoppable slippery slope to be solved. But I can assure you one thing. Malaysia's democracy has finally ventured into its first step. Not bad. Pretty a landmark achievement.
I don't know why so many people don't like Abdullah. But I do. I think he is a good leader, honest, transparent, faithful, liberal, impartial, and above all, a fervent servant of God. I think he is holy. I can't deny he is weak, but I'm pretty sure that he has done to the best of his ability to serve this country....