Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak hinted today that the current state of inflation or self-interest should not be used as reasons to delay the 15th general election (GE15).

The BN adviser, in his speech at the coalition's 48th convention in Kuala Lumpur today, alluded to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's recent interview with Japan's Nikkei Asia on whether the current economic state is the right time to hold GE15.

"If we want to talk about...