Singapore General Election Seen Early May -Kyodo News
Copyright © 2006, Dow Jones Newswires
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Singapore's next general election could be
held as early as the first week of May, Kyodo News reported, citing
top government officials and local media reports.
Although Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has until the middle of
next year to call a general election, he has apparently decided to
go for early polls to ride on the back of a strong economy, which
grew 6.4% last year, the news agency said.
Word on the grapevine is that Lee, who is the son of Singapore's
elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew, will call for dissolution of
parliament around April 22 to pave the way for a general election
on May 6, Kyodo said.
General elections are seen as a non-event in Singapore, where the
ruling party has won every election since independence in 1965 and
now controls all but two constituencies, the news agency
said.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 08, 2006 07:34 ET (11:34 GMT)
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Ironic that we get our news about our own elections through Kyodo
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