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Singapore's President, Mr S.R. Nathan, dissolved parliament on Tuesday to pave the way for general elections in the country on May 7, with influx of foreign workers likely to be a key issue in the polls. “The President, on the advice of the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong dissolved the parliament on April 19, 2011,” an official statement said. More than 2.31 million Singaporeans would be voting in the next general elections, with April 27 being fixed as the last date for nominations.
The last general elections in the island nation where held in May 2006 in which Mr Lee's party won all but two of the 84 parliamentary seats, but its share of popular vote has been sliding. The number of seats has gone up to 87. The ruling People's Action Party would be challenged by six political parties and political analysts say the PAP would retain power. Singapore's economy unlike the West has rebounded strongly from the 2009 meltdown to post Asia's strongest growth rate of 14.5 per cent in 2010.
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