Singapore, City Skyline and Merlion, dusk
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Singapore will go to the surveys on May 3, after President Tharman Shanmugratnam dissolved the parliament of the city-state on Tuesday.
The day of nomination will be April 23, according to the country’s election department.
Possible candidates will present their electoral documents on the day of the nomination, after which there will be nine campaign days and a “cooling day” before the voting day.
This will be the 14th General Choice of Singapore from Independence, and the first of Lawrence Wong as Prime Minister. Wong took care of Lee Hsien Loong, who had directed the Singapore government since 2004.
According to the local media CNA, It is expected that the action of the ruling people will be challenged by the 97 parliamentary seats. The concerns of voters who go to this choice include the cost of living, work and unemployment, CNA reported, citing a January survey.
The PAP has ruled Singapore since its independence in 1965. In the last general elections in 2020, the party won 61.24% of the votes and captured 83 of the 93 parliamentary seats available.
The election occurs at a time of greatest global agitation, since the president of the United States, Donald Trump, loads ahead of strong tariffs both in friends and enemies.
Referring to tariffs, Wong said in a ministerial statement on April 8: “We are very disappointed by the movement of the United States, especially taking into account deep and long data friendship between our two countries.”
Singapore on Monday relieved his monetary policy For the second consecutive time, since the city-state sees zero growth this year as a possibility after publishing an expansion of GDP lower than expected of 3.8% for the first quarter.
