NEW ZEALAND POPULAR PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS UNEXPECTEDLY |高人氣又三連任 紐西蘭總理凱伊閃辭

On December 5, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced his resignation on a weekly press conference, citing family reasons. He also denied media reports that his wife had given him an ultimatum. On the December 5 press conference, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key made the hardest decision in his life for his family. ==JOHN KEY, Prime Minister, New Zealand== Throughout these years, I've given everything I could to this job. The job that I cherish and the country that I love. All of this has come at quite some sacrifice of people who are dearest to me - my family. John Key led the National Party to the victory in the 2008 election and ousted Helen Clark of the Labor Party as Prime Minister. He won a third term in the 2014 election. His ability to deal with major challenges such as the global financial crisis and the two Christchurch earthquakes has received numerous accolades. It was expected that he will likely win the 2017 election, but his decision to step down due to family reasons on December 12 has come as a shock to the country. ==ANDREW LITTLE, Labor Party Leader, New Zealand== Like everybody else, I'm somewhat surprised by the Prime Minister's announcement today, and I just want to begin by saying, you know, the Prime Minister… the role of Prime Minister is a tough gig at any time. Until the National Party holds a caucus meeting to choose a new leader, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English is likely to take over as Prime Minister. It is also expected that he will be elected as the party's new leader in the meeting. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 紐西蘭總理約翰凱伊五號在記者會上，表示這是他此生最困難的決定，但為了家庭他必須這麼做。 ==紐西蘭總理 凱伊== 這些年我對工作付出了全部 我珍愛的工作以及我熱愛的國家 這些全部都是我心愛的人 我的家庭犧牲換來的 原本在美林擔任外匯交易員的凱伊，2008年率領中間偏右的國家黨，從執政九年的工黨總理海倫克拉克手中奪得政權，2014年又贏得了三連任的機會，他在全球金融危機後管理紐國經濟的表現，和基督城兩次大地震的因應，都獲得一致好評。外界也看好明年的大選他將繼續獲勝，四連任完全不是問題。如今居然以家庭因素為由，計畫這個月12號離開總理府，讓外界大感震驚。 ==紐西蘭工黨領袖 李托== 和所有人一樣 我對總理今天的宣佈感到震驚 我想說的是總理 總理這個角色 任何時候都是個重擔 國家黨將召開黨團會議選出新任黨魁，接替凱伊的職位，在此之前副總理英格利許將暫時接掌總理一職，預料他在黨團會議中出線的機率也是最高的。 記者 王蕙文 報導