A premiê da Nova Zelândia, Jacinda Ardern, anunciou nessa quinta-feira (18) que não se candidatará à reeleição e que deverá renunciar até o começo de fevereiro, oito meses antes das eleições gerais.
Em discurso emocionado durante reunião do Partido Trabalhista (sua legenda), Jacinda, de 42 anos, disse que não se sente mais apta para comandar o país.
00:00I'm entering now my sixth year in office, and for each of these years, I have given my absolute all.
00:08I believe that leading a country is the most privileged job anyone could ever have, but also one of the more challenging.
00:16You cannot and should not do it unless you have a full tank, plus a bit in reserve for those unexpected challenges.
00:25This summer, I had hoped to find a way to prepare not just for another year, but another term, because that is what this year requires.
00:37I have not been able to do that.
00:44And so today I'm announcing that I will not be seeking re-election.
00:48And then my term as Prime Minister will conclude no later than the 7th of February.
00:58This has been the most fulfilling five and a half years of my life, but it has also had its challenges.
01:06Amongst an agenda focused on housing, child poverty, and climate change, we encountered a major biosecurity incursion, a domestic terror event, a major natural disaster, a global pandemic, and an economic crisis.
01:26The decisions that have had to be made have been continual, and they have been waiting.
01:31But I am not leaving because it was hard.
01:36Had that been the case, I probably would have departed two months into the job.
01:41I am leaving because with such a privileged role comes responsibility.
01:48The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead, and also when you are not.
01:54I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice.
02:02It's that simple.
02:05I know there will be much discussion in the aftermath of this decision as to what the so-called real reason was.
02:12I can tell you that what I'm sharing today is it.
02:15The only interesting angle that you will find is that after going on six years of some big challenges, I am human.
02:25Politicians are human.
02:27We give all that we can for as long as we can, and then it's time.
02:33And for me, it's time.
02:36I have no plan.
02:38No next steps.
02:39All I know is that whatever I do, I will try and find ways to keep working for New Zealand.
02:46And that I'm looking forward to spending time with my family once again.
02:51Arguably, they are the ones that have sacrificed the most out of all of us.
02:56And so to Niamh, mum is looking forward to being there when you start school this year.
03:01And to Clark, let's finally get married.
03:04For my part, I want to finish with a simple thank you to New Zealanders for giving me this opportunity to serve
03:12and to take on what has and will always be the greatest role of my life.
03:18I hope in return, I leave behind a belief that you can be kind but strong,
03:24empathetic but decisive, optimistic but focused.
03:29That you can be your own kind of leader, one that knows when it's time to go.
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