Global Women Empowerment Icon and PM of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has announced her resignation as Prime Minister due to her failure to preserve reserves and her inability to deliver her pledges to the nation.
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern,
who became an international icon for her compassionate handling of the
country's worst mass shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus
pandemic but faced rising domestic criticism, announced her resignation on
Thursday. Ardern, fighting back tears, informed reporters in Napier that
February 7 would be her final day as Prime Minister.
She said "I am entering now
my sixth year in office, and for each of those years, I have given my absolute
all," she said.
She also declared that the next
general election in New Zealand would be conducted on October 14, and that she
would stay a legislator until then.
Until the election, it is unclear
who will serve as Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson
announced his decision not to run for Labour Party leadership, leaving the
field wide open.
Jacinda Ardern describes her role
as one of the most privileged but difficult.
Ardern described her role as one of the most fortunate but also one of the most difficult, requiring her to be prepared for the unexpected. She stated that she did not have the reserves to fulfil another term.
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