THE Pakatan Harapan (PH) Convention, originally slated for October 29, has been brought forward to October 20, the same day the Election Commission (EC) will meet to decide key dates for the general election.

PH communications director Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil said the convention will still be held in Perak, with the precise location to be confirmed.

“If the EC announces the election date that evening, we will welcome it with a convention in Perak,” he said after attending the PH presidential council meeting in Petaling Jaya today.

On October 8, Perak PH chairman Mujahid Yusof Rawa had said the PH convention will be held on October 29 at the Ipoh International Convention Centre.

Meanwhile, the EC will be meeting on October 20 to decide the schedule for the election.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved parliament on Monday after obtaining the consent of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. – Bernama, October 12, 2022.