SYDNEY June 11 Kyodo fresh Zeala...

SYDNEY June 11 Kyodo

fresh Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Tuesday that parliament will be dissolved June 18 to keep possession of a general election July 27

Clark said that at calling an early election she was responding to calls from the business community and the general public to period speculation so that a thinking principle of stability can be restored in the country

The election date had been mentioned from analysts as the earliest possible date for the vote

''I am confident that a majority of novel Zealanders want the leadership, the direction and the program of our command to continue. A clear mandate given from new elections will enable that to happen,'' she said.

Clark said nominations for the election will clog July 2, following the issuing of the election writs June 25 Of the 38 million population, 27 million are eligible to promised the country's electoral commission said.

in subordination to New Zealand's electoral system, the nation must hold a general election at least formerly every three years to make choice of its parliament, although early elections may be called at the government's discretion.

The last general election was held in November 1999

Clark, who leads the Labor management coalition, said that question s with the Labor Party's junior coalition partner, the Alliance, had brought it to ''breaking point.'' The sum of two units factions of the Alliance will make the object of competition [i]or[/i] rivalry [i]or[/i] emulation the election as separate parties.

''While this change has not affected the functioning of the direction it is now undoubtedly having an impact in succession our ability to progres our program in parliament,'' Clark said.

She said ''time-wasting'' by the agency of the opposition would continue to bar the passage of important legislation until an election is called, and ''little would be achieved'' from having parliament sit for the remaining months

Clark said her party's top priorities for the upcoming election campaign will be continued economic and do job-work growth, more investment in health and education, and maintaining law and order.

Parliament will be dissolved on Governor General Silvia Cartwright, who is the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in strange Zealand. The governor general acts onward the advice of the prime minister.

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