Ahmad Zahid said when the leadership had determined the candidates who would contest in the 14th general election, all party members must accept and express support to them to ensure the victory of the party in the general election.

Meanwhile, he said all Umno and BN machinery had to focus work on areas identified as 'retain' and 'regain' ahead of the 14th general election.

"We have the 'retain and regain' principle where we retain the area we have, while regaining the area that the opposition won.

"For the seats that are expected to be won, I feel (elected representatives) should go down and give the best service to the people," he said.

He said the party's leadership had detailed information on which elected representatives had gone down to serve the people and those who had failed to do so.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Zahid said the co-operation of the opposition parties in Pakatan Harapan was not as united and as solid as the co-operation between the BN component parties.

"I see on the other side (opposition parties), there is no integration between them but our 13 (component) political parties are still in BN. They do not last because they have different directions and ideologies," he said.

He said BN must be smart in using the media, especially social media, in communicating with the target groups and not using it to fight among themselves.

"If in the last general election we sank because we were not proficient (in social media) but not now," he said.

– Bernama