The government’s legal team described Klang MP Charles Santiago’s legal challenge against 15th general election (GE15) being held this year as academic due to the Election Commission (EC) having set polling day on Nov 19.

Counsel Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that the EC today has already fixed nomination day and polling day on Nov 5 and 19 respectively.

“The EC has already announced, they already...