While PAS agreed in principle that GE15 should be held at the end of the current Parliament’s term in July next year, he said, it could be carried out sooner if a stronger government was needed.

“We need to be prepared. There cannot be an election if there are no preparations,” he told reporters after his weekly sermon at Masjid Rusila in Marang, Terengganu.

Hadi was asked to comment on former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s view that the best time to hold GE15 would be July 2023.

Last month, Hadi had said PAS was opposed to the idea of an early general election and wanted the current Parliament to run until its full term expired.

In a Sinar Harian report today, Hadi also said the government led by Ismail Sabri Yaakob should be allowed to carry on for another year.

He said the people were tired of politics while the nation was still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic impact.

Asked to comment on a proposal by PAS committee members for the party to use its own logo in GE15, the Marang MP said this was their personal view.

“Until today, we are still using Perikatan Nasional’s logo,” he said.