NZ premier calls September election
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NEW Zealand Prime Minister Bill English yesterday called an election for September 23 after taking over as premier in December following the unexpected resignation of his predecessor, John Key.
English’s center-right National Party has governed for the past eight years and is seeking a fourth straight term.
A poll by Roy Morgan in January showed the National Party more than 6 percent ahead of the rival coalition of the Labour Party and The Greens, enough to comfortably win re-election.
English, a political veteran who previously served as finance minister, said the government would seek to win re-election on the back of its economic record.
“The National Party will be campaigning on its strong record as a government and New Zealand’s strong economic performance,” he said.
In December, New Zealand forecast a 2016/17 budget surplus of NZ$473 million (US$343 million), which is expected to grow to NZ$8.5 billion by 2020/21, despite a NZ$2 billion commitment to repair infrastructure damaged by a major earthquake in November.
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