Singapore dissolves parliament, paving the way for May 3 general election

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Singapore’s parliament was dissolved Tuesday, paving the way for general elections in which the city-state’s long-ruling People’s Action Party will seek to strengthen its dominance under Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.The election will be held on May 3, the Elections Department said later in the afternoon. Victory is virtually assured for the PAP, which has led Singapore since its independence in 1965. “We are witnessing profound changes in the world. It is becoming more uncertain, unsettled and even unstable,” Wong wrote on Facebook. “The global conditions that enabled Singapore’s success over the past decades may no longer hold. That is why I have called this General Election,” adding that Singaporeans should choose ”the team to lead our nation.”Wong, who was sworn in as Singapore’s fourth leader in May last year, wants to clinch...