Trudeau’s departure comes amid mounting pressure for him to step aside before an upcoming election that his Liberal Party is forecasted to lose badly. The leader also has a complicated, oft-adversarial relationship with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to be sworn in later this month.

“Every morning I’ve woken up as prime minister, I’ve been inspired by the resilience, generosity and the determination of Canadians,” Trudeau said in a news conference. “It is the driving force of every single day I have the privilege of serving this office.”

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Dozens of MPs in Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party have now agreed that Canada’s embattled prime minister must abandon his post after last week’s catastrophic resignation of his deputy – a sign he has completely lost support from what were crucial loyalists.

Several Canadian media outlets, including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Toronto Star, reported over the weekend that 51 of Ontario’s Liberal MPs met virtually and agreed collectively that Trudeau’s time in office has expired.

There are a total of 75 Liberal MPs in the province that is the country’s most populous and represents where most of the party’s support lies, indicating the core of the Liberals have abandoned Trudeau.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/justin-trudeau-mps-resign

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Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he will not run for the presidency of his ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) next month – a decision that will result in the appointment of a new leader of the world’s fourth-biggest economy.

Kishida, who has been battling low approval ratings and a damaging fundraising scandal, said he would step down as LDP leader in September, telling reporters on Wednesday that the party needed an “open contest to promote debate”.

His decision brings to an end a three-year term marked by scandal, rising living costs and record defence spending.

“In this presidential election, it is necessary to show the people that the LDP is changing and the party is a new LDP,” Kishida, 67, said at a press conference at the prime minister’s office.

“For this, transparent and open elections and free and vigorous debate are important. The most obvious first step to show that the LDP will change is for me to step aside.”

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/14/japan-pm-fumio-kishida-stepping-down-september

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At a news conference Friday in the capital of Chisinau, Gavrilita, who was appointed by President Maia Sandu in August 2021, lamented that she took over the government with an anti-corruption, pro-development and pro-EU agenda, but no one expected the nation to be facing so many crises.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago, Moldova – a former Soviet republic country of 2.5 million – saw Ukrainian refugees flood across the border, and Russia cut off its energy supplies, which helped drive inflation to nearly 30 percent.

The Ukraine war has spilled across the border as well, with Moldova suffering power cuts as the result of attacks on Ukraine’s power grid. And in a video message Friday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile targeting his nation passed through Moldovan airspace.

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Source: https://www.voanews.com/a/moldova-prime-minister-government-resigns-/6957471.html

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Fighting back tears, Ardern told reporters in Napier that Feb. 7 will be her last day as prime minister.

“I am entering now my sixth year in office, and for each of those years, I have given my absolute all,” she said.

She also announced that New Zealand’s general elections would be held on Oct. 14, and that she would remain a lawmaker until then.

Her announcement came as a shock to people throughout the nation of 5 million people. Although there had been some chatter in political circles that Ardern might resign before the next election, she’d always firmly said she planned to run again.

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Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-zealand-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-resign/

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