“We have held mass meetings in all our states, and they involved every division. In short there is nothing else left to do.

“So what the PM (Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob) said about dissolution being within a short time, clearly shows that GE15 will be held as soon as possible,” he told reporters here today.

Ismail had hinted yesterday, while speaking at a party event, that GE15 is not too far away.

Ahmad said he wanted the party machinery to respond to the call of Umno’s top leadership that the party must dominate the virtual campaign and cyber war, as a lesson learned from the 2018 general election, when the party lost power because of online allegations and slander.

He said all election preparations have been completed and what’s left is to update the machinery and portfolios at the polling district centres.

“We are in the process of receiving the list of candidates. We have received some and are waiting for the rest.

“Usually when Parliament dissolves, we have about two to three weeks for everything to be finalised (list of candidates). The earliest is within two weeks, and the latest three weeks,” he said when asked if the central leadership has received the list of candidates from the party’s 191 divisions.