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WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that she will not seek re-election and announced to quit no later than early February.
In a televised statement on Thursday, she said that general polls would be held on Oct. 14 in the country. “I had hoped that I would find what I required to carry on over that period but, unfortunately, I haven’t, and I would be doing a disservice to the country to continue,”.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
She hoped that the New Zealand Labour Party would win the next election and added that a vote to elect the next party leader would be held on Sunday.
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Similarly, New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson said in a statement that he would not seek to stand as the next leader of the party.
