New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation as prime minister on Thursday, setting elections for October 14.
The announcement was made at a press conference specifying that he will remain in office until Feb. 7 while his party, the Labor Party, finds a new man to replace him, the NZ Herald reported.
“I gave everything to become prime minister, but it also took a lot of my strength,” she said.
“I cannot and should not do this job unless I have a full tank and a little reserve for the unplanned and unexpected calls that inevitably arise. pay tribute to. work. It’s simple, he continued.
Ardern assured that there was “no unknown scandal” behind his decision.
“I am human. We do our best while we can, and then the moment comes. And for me, this is the moment,” she said.
Faced with this decision, the Labor Party must elect on Sunday a new party force leader and a new prime minister.
However, the person elected must rule until October 14, the date of the legislative elections. New Zealand Herald.
Ardern, 42, became prime minister in August 2017, becoming the youngest person in New Zealand history to hold the post.
The outgoing ruler came to power after a coalition with Greens and New Zealand nationalists ended a decade of Conservative rule.
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