PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by a voter to stay the conduct of the 15th general election (GE15) by the Election Commission (EC).
A three-member bench chaired by Justice Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera said the question of Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar’s appeal to the Court of Appeal becoming nugatory did not arise.
This is because the appeal will be heard by a Court of Appeal panel on Nov 14, five days before the polls.
“All issues could be determined on that day,” said Vazeer.
He said the “balance of convenience” favoured the respondents and, therefore, the injunction ought not to be granted.
The respondents named were Prime Minister Isamil Sabri Yaakob, the government and the EC chairman.
Justices M Gunalan and Mariana Yahya also sat on the panel.
Today’s decision means the nomination process for the 222 parliament seats nationwide and 116 state assembly seats in Perlis, Perak and Pahang can proceed tomorrow.
