Resignation spree: Past, present and future
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 | 12:15 am @ SK
On September 1, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned abruptly after just a year in office.
Less than a fortnight ago, Thailand Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was removed from the office after after the Constitution Court ruled in a unanimous verdict on Tuesday that the two TV cooking shows of the PM violated the charter ban on outside employment.
On Saturday, South African President Thabo Mbeki agreed to step down following the decision of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress to fire him.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert formally announced his intention to resign.
It’s worthy to note the impact of this worldwide resignation spree led by the Japanese PM and we shall see if this exodus is going to spread to Malaysia when the embattled PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was reported to be under pressure by his own party Umno to step down by October 9.
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 am
loosing one to save many
September 29th, 2008 at 5:38 am
This is like a domino effect even if the resignations are not related in any way.
September 29th, 2008 at 5:39 am
Even if Abdullah resigns, would his successor be any better?
October 5th, 2008 at 10:38 pm