Singapore's president dissolves parliament
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E-mail Xinhua, August 26, 2015
Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, dissolved Singapore's 12th parliament on Tuesday, indicating the general election will be held within the next three months.
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![File photo taken on July 28, 2015 shows Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attending a press conference in Singapore's Istana. [Photo/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20150826/001aa0ba3c1617475a2502.jpg "File photo taken on July 28, 2015 shows Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attending a press conference in Singapore's Istana. [Photo/Xinhua]") |
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File photo taken on July 28, 2015 shows Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attending a press conference in Singapore's Istana. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The next move for the president is to issue a Writ of Election, which will specify the date of the Nomination Day, which should be no earlier than five days and no later than one month from the date the Writ is issued. The widely anticipated date for the general election is Sept 12.
According to a report by the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee in July, 29 electoral divisions have been recommended, comprising 13 Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) and 16 Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), with a total of 89 members of parliament (MPs) to be returned, two more than the current batch of 87.
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