New Zealand Prime Minister to Step Down Next Month
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has announced that she would step down from her position next month and she would not fight the election again
Ardern became the world's youngest Prime Minister when she became the New Zealand Prime Minister in 2017 at the age of 37. She was also appreciated for her management of the Covid pandemic in her country.
She was also praised for her handling of the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, and the White Island volcanic eruption. Where politicians around the world are fighting over power, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has announced that she would step down from her position next month and she would not fight the election again. She said that a national election would be held in October. She made the announcement saying she “no longer had enough in the tank” and that for her "it's time." Ardern said she was not stepping down because the job was hard, but because she believed others could do a better job. She went on saying that she is a human being and politicians are humans too. She said that politicians give all that they can for as long as they can. But when its time for them to leave the position, they should. Threats against her became more frequent in recent years and included a man claiming he had the right to "shoot the prime minister" for treason and treachery in a YouTube video.
A political analyst, said Ardern’s decision to stand down perhaps spares her a humiliating election result. Political commentator Ben Thomas said Ardern's announcement was a huge surprise as polls still ranked her as the country’s preferred prime minister even though support for her party had fallen. Chris Hipkins has been named as the next prime minister of New Zealand. New Zealand's incoming prime minister has vowed to protect his family from what he called the "abhorrent" abuse that his predecessor, Jacinda Ardern, received while in office.
