Jacinda Ardern, just human prime minister, resigns?

“I’m human. We give everything we can and for as long as we can, and then it’s time. And for me, it’s time.” Simple words imbued with sincerity are somewhat like him.

I don’t have enough energy for another four years.
Jacinda Arden

An announcement that surprised an entire nation, New Zealand, which it had been presiding over for five and a half years. It has been decided that Jacinda Arden will no longer be Prime Minister, and will leave office on February 7, four months before the next election: “I don’t have enough energy for another four years.”

She is very popular abroad, appearing on the cover of magazines Vogue magazine And time, it has long enjoyed a record acceptance rate in its country, with the media sometimes speaking of “Jacindamania”. But she has recently seen her partisan and personal support decline in opinion polls as the economic situation worsens and the right-wing opposition regains strength. In 2018, she became the second female prime minister in the world to give birth while in office, after Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990.

The outgoing prime minister confirmed that there was no secret reason for her resignation:“I am leaving because with such an outstanding position comes a great responsibility. A responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead, as well as when you are not.”

She said she is looking forward to spending more time with her daughter Neff, who is due to start school later this year, and marrying her boyfriend, TV star Clark Gifford.

Relentless coolness

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in the general election on 17 October 2020. Her Labor Party won an outright majority in Parliament – ​​the first time a New Zealand party had won an outright majority since the electoral system reform in 1996. “Following this outcome, we have a mandate to accelerate our response and recovery, and we will begin tomorrowShe announced her social and environmental reforms.

In May of the same year, in a video widely transmitted by media across the world, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, live during an interview, remained unfazed as a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area and the TV set installed in Parliament. “It’s our earthquake there‘, she reacts as she talks live about lifting restrictions associated with Covid-19. Unsqueezable, Don’t Get Too Confused by Jacinda Ardern, she takes a look around before continuing on, smiling and full of confidence.

The quake occurred just before 8 am local time at a depth of 52 km off the town of Leven, which is about 90 km north of Wellington, the capital, where the prime minister was during his speech.

Thus thousands of New Zealanders were able to attend a new “heroic” episode presented by the country’s first woman. A stoic who only seems to have her secret, which has gone viral on social networks with many netizens praising the perfect emotional control of their leader. “Yes, I like her more,” says a young woman on Twitter. “How do you deal with mass killings, explosions, epidemics, live earthquakes? Meet our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern; this woman is unfazed.”

Mastery + Self-Discipline + Decision = Competence

Between the Christchurch attack, natural disasters and the coronavirus, it must be said that New Zealanders are used to crisis management like no other for a politician. It becomes even more difficult for the press, which unanimously cares about him, to take a step back. “His composure under pressure, self-discipline and decisiveness in his government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic have led some to call Ardern the world’s most effective national leader.”We read at the Australian media website ConversationAnd Using American Monthly Lyrics Atlantic Ocean.

In a special operation dedicated to the “new normal,”British daily The Guardian asked Britons which public figures they trusted most during the Covid-19 crisisdeported international mailI. Unsurprisingly, Jacinda Ardern’s name has come up a few times. She was one of the first leaders to announce restrictive measures and signal the maximum alert level when the country had very few cases. “I wish she was our prime minister, writes one participant […]. It contains everything our leaders lack: humanity, empathy, transparency, and compassion.. “

Most would agree that it is her originality that earns Jacinda Ardern the title of “New Zealand’s most popular prime minister in a century,” according to Watchman.

Latest Arms Act: In a speech on Monday 3 May 2021 in Auckland during an economic summit with China, Jacinda Ardern confirmed that her country had already expressed “deep concerns” to Beijing about the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong and the treatment of the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang. She also admitted that China and New Zealand will never agree on some issues. “It will not be lost on anyone here that as China’s role in the world grows and develops, the differences between our systems (…) become more and more difficult to reconcile.”She said.

Proactive management of the Covid19 pandemic

Subsequently, his effective and proactive management of the health crisis of Covid-19 spared his country from the carnage that, to date, deplores only 22 deaths out of a population of 5 million, and no active cases returned on June 8. Strict containment and border control would have been better than the coronavirus, as no new contamination was identified for 17 days and the last active case did not show symptoms for more than 48 hours.

Jacinda Ardern announced this during a televised speech: “We are confident that we have eliminated transmission of the virus in New Zealand for the time being.“I saluted the pass in the crowd of its citizens,”United in an unprecedented way to defeat the virusHe admitted with a laugh that he celebrated the lifting of restrictions by dancing with his daughter in his living room:

Loved on the outside, mistreated on the inside

However, in early March 2020 the head of state experienced slight political weakness after abandoning several reforms, six months before an uncertain election. The 39-year-old leader has been campaigning against the (centre-right) National Party, leading in the polls (46%).

But in the eyes of the majority of public opinion, Jacinda Ardern remains and will remain a model. Earthlings He dedicated an article to her shortly after her appointment as Prime Minister, and increased after the Christchurch massacre, recalling the young leader’s journey.

“This is the complete irony of a leader, like Americans John F. Kennedy or old Barack Obama, he is more popular abroad than at home.explains political scientist Stephen Levine of Victoria University of Wellington. It’s not at all unbelievable that Jacinda could only be a one-term wife.”
He was right.