Putting an end to the speculation that the general election may take place late in the summer, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced yesterday he will cause Parliament to be dissolved before May 23.
Ingraham pointed out that he has until May 22 to cause that to happen.
"If I don't, on the 23rd of May the House will be automatically dissolved by itself by operation of the constitution," he noted. "Thereafter, the election must be called within 90 days, three months after the 22nd of May. I don't propose to take advantage of that period -- the 90 days. So sometime between now and the 23rd of May the House will be dissolved."
The prime minister was speaking to reporters yesterday during a luncheon at Atlantis Resort that was hosted for the C. C. Sweeting senior boys basketball team which won the Hugh Campbell Basketball Invitational last month.
Under the constitution, there must be a dissolution of Parliament five years after the first sitting of the House after an election.
The first meeting of Parliament after the May 2, 2007 election was on May 23.
Over the past few weeks political campaigns have heated up with the Free National Movement (FNM), the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) holding several mini rallies across the country.
The leaders of those parties have all predicted that their party will win the general election.

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