The Parliament wields legislative authority and is responsible
for enacting laws, statutes, and ordinances that defines the
executive policies of the government. The Judiciary oversees the
dispensation of justice and also keeps an eye on whether the
administration is functioning in accordance with the tenets laid
down in the Constitution. The President is the ‘de jure’ or the
constitutional head and the Prime Minister is the ‘de facto’
head who is democratically elected to govern the country along
with his Council of Singapore Ministers. Sir Stamford Raffles is
credited with laying the foundations for the island-state of
Singapore in the year 1819. The history of modern-day Singapore
can be traced back to the time when the country was a trading
post of the British East India Company. After World War II
Singapore became a colony of the British Empire, with self-
governing powers. And on 1st August in 1958, complete
independence was granted to Singapore by the UK Parliament and
Singapore became a full-fledged so