PM does not need to consult Cabinet to dissolve Parliament, rules High Court


KUALA LUMPUR: As a sitting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic) did not need to consult his Cabinet members in requesting for the dissolution of the 14th Parliament from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the High Court ruled.

Justice Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid said this in his decisions in two legal challenges brought by incumbent Klang MP Charles Santiago and Pandan voter Dr Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar Al Mahdzar who both sought to halt the 15th General Election (GE15).

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