GE15 began trending on Twitter mere minutes after Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced the dissolution of Parliament in a televised address this afternoon. GE15 must be held within 60 days.

One user, who goes by the handle @Real_Rash, exclaimed: “Parliament dissolved. Here we go.”

User @natmaurice_ said: “Whatever said and done let’s just go and vote. We might make a difference, you never know “.

Another, who goes by @Fxashley_, urged the public to remind their neighbour, family and friends to vote and “kick Umno out”.

“Word of mouth is more powerful,” she added.

User @kusanvinvin said it was time to teach Umno-BN politicians a thing or two about accountability and responsibility by voting them out.

Meanwhile, some netizens questioned the government on having GE15 during the monsoon season.

Twitter user @IzzraifHarz posted “so we really gonna go through with the general election in this Musim Banjir huh… headache headache”

Another user, @anushaa_s, said: “We will be going through monsoon season soon and they want to have the election in 60 days’ time?

GE15 is currently trending on Twitter, with more than 2,500 posts.

Umno has been pushing for GE15 to be held before the end of the year, but the party’s main rivals, Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) have spoken against it.

Leaders from both PH and PN have cited the monsoon season, the economic situation, the effects of the pandemic, and year-end festivities as reasons to delay polls to a later date.