Incumbent Klang MP Charles Santiago and a Pandan voter failed in their legal bid to prevent the 15th general election (GE15) from being held during the flood-prone monsoon season late this year.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon dismissed the originating summons by the DAP member as well as the judicial review leave application filed by Pandan constituent, Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar.

The verdicts were delivered by judge Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid in the legal actions targeting Caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the Election Commission (EC) and the government as the three respondents.

The judge ruled that the dissolution of Parliament is not a subject matter that the judiciary has the power to hear.