New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday that she will not seek re-election and will step down next month.
Ahearn made the shock announcement at his Labor party’s annual caucus meeting, saying he “didn’t have enough in the tank anymore” to get the job done.
“I’m leaving, because with such a privileged role comes responsibility,” he said. “The responsibility of knowing when you’re the right person to lead and also when you’re not. I know what this job requires. And I know I don’t have enough in the tank anymore to do it justice. It’s that simple.”
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that she will step down next month after leading the nation since 2017.
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His resignation takes effect on February 7.
Ardern became prime minister in 2017 and led New Zealand through a period of major incidents, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an attack on two mosques in Christchurch that killed 51 people. During the pandemic, he has imposed some of the strictest lockdown rules in the world.
In August 2021, the country was locked down for at least three days after a single case of coronavirus was found in a community.
In December, she was caught on hot mike calling opposition leader David Seymour an “arrogant f—-” during an exchange in which Seymour asked if Ardern could “make an example of her making a mistake, apologizing for it.” properly and fixing that,” The Guardian reported.
Ardern responded by acknowledging the difficulties of his rule “Controlled isolation” plan for COVID-19but he told his assistant, Grant Robertson, that Seymour was “such an arrogant f—-” as he sat down: the comment was picked up by microphones.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses members of the media during a joint press conference hosted with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese following their annual leaders meeting, at the Parliamentary offices of the Commonwealth in Sydney on July 8, 2022.
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She is the youngest leader in the country’s history.
“I hope to leave New Zealanders with the belief that they can be kind but strong, empathetic but decisive, optimistic but focused. And that they can be their own kind of leader, one who knows when it’s time to go,” he said. , according to The Guardian.
