New Zealand’s Prime Minister delays election over Coronavirus vaticannews.va
New Zealand’s prime minister on Monday postpones the country’s general election on Monday by a month to October. 17 due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
“Ultimately, the 17th of October … provides sufficient time for parties to plan around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under.”
Those were Jacinda Ardern’s words at a press conference on Monday as she delayed the country’s general election.
The decision came after parties complained they could not campaign with nearly a third of New Zealand’s five million people under lockdown in Auckland due to the pandemic.
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