The still Prime Minister of New Zealand, Labor jacinda ardernhas assured this Friday that he has “slept well for the first time in a long time”after unexpectedly announcing the day before that he will leave office on February 7.
“Of course I feel sad, but also I have a feeling of relief“Ardern told the press that he was waiting for her at the Napier airport, the eastern city of New Zealand where the Labor Party held a meeting and from which he made the announcement on Thursday.
The leader has stated that she feels “deeply moved“for the national and global response to his resignation, ostensibly commented on and lamented by leaders around the world, especially from the progressive sphere.
“Having all these messages of gratitude has been very moving for me and my family,” said Ardern, who became the youngest person to hold the world’s head of government when He came to power in 2017 at the age of 37.
Five and a half years later, Ardern admitted Thursday that he did not have “enough energy to get on with the job. Now is the time,” he said. “I’m not quitting because it’s hard, I’m quitting because this job carries great responsibility, and I don’t have enough energy to do it justice“, he explained, adding that it will always be the “most beautiful” job of his life.
The New Zealand politician then stated that she has no plans once she leaves the position and that she will take the opportunity to pass more time with your family, while thinking about how to continue “helping New Zealand”. He also stated that she has not chosen a successor, and on January 22 there will be a vote within the Labor Party to choose a candidate, with New Zealand holding elections on October 14 and the Ardern formation losing popular support.
The charismatic politician managed in October 2020 to revalidate her mandate with a overwhelming majority and that the Labor Party governed alone, something that no New Zealand formation had achieved since the electoral reform of 1996.
Source: Lasexta
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