Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday she is stepping down as New Zealand’s leader and will not contest this year’s general elections.
RELATED: Jacinda Ardern to step down as New Zealand prime minister
Fighting back tears, Ardern told reporters in Napier that Feb. 7 will be her last day in office.
“I am not leaving because it was hard. Had that been the case I probably would have departed two months into the job. I am leaving because with such a privileged role, comes responsibility, the responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead, and also, when you are not. I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. It is that simple,” she said.
Ardern had faced a tough election campaign this year. Her liberal Labour Party won reelection two years ago in a landslide of historic proportions, but recent polls have put her party behind its conservative rivals.
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“Well, bye.”
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Klaus Schwab must have a new position for her.
It’s either doggie style or a missionary position . . .
🍆🐕 🍌
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@Fran maud If she disappears completely and the next PM comes in spouting the same garbage, we’ll know Klaus most likely fed her to his pet piranhas. The WEF, like SPECTRE, does not tolerate failure.
@Charlie D Eeww. With that horse face, it’ll be all bareback riding.
She’ll go couch surf at Greta’s ’til her poll numbers recover.
Funny – I wonder what penalties the (laughably ineffectual) New Zealand Armed Forces impose on recruits/conscripts who decide they “no longer have enough in the tank’ to drive the tank?
Compare/Contrast
Thank u Lord.
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@Baited grow up
Now make her stand trial
@Matt’s Horsemanship get back to your little horsey you softie boi
@huascar66 for depriving new Zealanders of basic rights such as free speech and self defense
My guy there’s no need for self-defense. Social accountability is strong there. That’s not a basic right. They have the right to free speech they are freer than the United States
@Harth lies, telling a joke can land you in jail. anything that criticizes the government is considered “hate speech”
@Harth “there’s no need for self-defense”
-castrated “man”
Emergence of the secret scandal that was going to get her fired in 3…2…1…
Any links?
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@Baited says the guy who is on the side of globalist marxists
Dont let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out!
Sweet!
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@Baited Tears of joy!!!!!!!
Don’t worry! BlackRock has her back! Lizards in skin suits.
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Shutting down an entire country for a single case of COVID. SMH
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@Baited how does that not affect you? Everyone should be crying when government dictatorship shuts down a country because of just 1 new case. That’s insane to me that people like you are perfectly OK with that. It tells me you actually like government overreach and power grabs.
@Matt’s Horsemanship it tells me you like balls on your chin.
She crying cause the tides are turning 😂😷🤭😉
Imagine pulling up and destroying your country’s economy and then just dipping
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It’s probably exhausting being a Tyrant.
Thank God! This is going to hopefully be great for New Zealanders.
Bless her heart! I wish her and her countrymen well. ❤️ NZ!
no blessings for her, she was a WEF minion.
What took so long ? Ya’ll let her Burn and Turn then run away Scott free
If your pilot says he’s run out of fuel in mid-air, what do you do? This woman is crash land his country😆
You should’ve had enough sense ,Jabcinda , to know that you NEVER “ had enough in the tank” to begin with .. you never had enough brains you never had enough morals you never had enough integrity. You never had enough of anything ,EXCEPT a whole lot of evil , but that’s beside the point… How about a lovely set of IRON BRACELETS as a parting gift?
Nice decision.justify for her job.
Women give up too easily when life gets tough. We a need a strong leader who won’t quit halfway through the race.
She’s been brilliant, deserves to rest.