GE14 | Pakatan Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be delivering a special address to Malaysians on May 8 - the eve of polling day - at 10pm in Langkawi.

Bersatu youth chief Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said Mahathir's speech will be also be aired live on Facebook and Harapan aimed to reach out to some 10 million voters nationwide.

"At the same time, at all the 222 parliament seats, there will be mega ceramahs.

"At 10pm, all of the ceramahs will be halted to make way for Mahathir's special address," he said during a joint press conference with Mahathir at the Perdana Leadership Foundation in Putrajaya today.

Mahathir, meanwhile, said he believes that BN would have reasons to be frightened by his announcement today.

"And of course the government will think of ways to stop us from reaching the people.

"That has been the way of the BN government," Mahathir claimed.

Mahathir also reiterated that the sign of fear towards him could be seen as even his photos on Harapan's campaign posters were cut out by the Election Commission.

"So this one we're going to make full use of the social media and we want to reach 10 million people. 10 million voters," he stressed.

When asked his views about Harapan's campaign so far, Mahathir noted there has been mounting interests as the number of crowds who attended their rallies had swelled up to 40,000 in certain areas.

"Before parliament was dissolved we would expect four to five thousand people, but now the figures had gone up to 20,000, 25,000 and in Kuantan, there were 40,000 people who came.

He added that the large turnout was also despite various attempts to restrict Harapan from holding their campaigns.