Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election, winning a second term that would give her a major mandate to tackle social inequality.
Judith
Collins, leader of the main opposition National Party, admitted defeat in a
speech to supporters in Auckland on Saturday night, saying he had spoken to Ardern
early in the evening to congratulate him.
Collins,
who campaigned against the wildly popular Arden during the campaign, pointed to
the economic challenges facing the nation as he recovers from the coronavirus
epidemic.
"New
Zealand is going through a tough economic ride and will need a better fiscal
policy than we have seen so far," he said.
With
80 of the votes counted, Arden's Labor Party had 49 percent support - the
largest share of the vote since the 1930s - in many urban and provincial
constituencies. After the. National 27 to come, the worst since 2002.
The
40-year-old Ardern, with a combination of compassionate leadership and skilled
crisis management has captured the sacred ground in New Zealand politics,
which has earned him a reputation abroad. His successful handling of the Corona
virus epidemic has demonstrated these strengths and has been criticized’ for
failing to deliver on some key promises in his first term.
After
coming to power three years before the landslide victory, Jordan will be
further expanded’ to provide for this change of government, especially as
Greens, a Labor ally, insist they address issues such as poverty and climate
change. But become more progressive. Still, she will be wary of distancing
herself from like-minded voters who are increasing social spending at a time
when debt is rising due to the government's epidemic response.
Voters
are retaliating against Order for crushing community transmission in Code 19,
while the United States, and even neighboring Australia, are still battling the
virus.
National
conflict
The
National was also frustrated, having had to change its leader twice this year
and face a number of scandals that thwarted its claim to be a stronger team
than Labor and a better economic manager.
In
contrast, in the re-enactment of the first-ever "Jacinda-Mania" in
2017, Ardern was crowded with campaigners.
In
the fight against the code, Order was clearly alone among his Western allies in
pursuing a strategy of elimination and imposed one of the toughest nationwide
lockdowns in the world.
The
economy faced severe pressure in the second quarter, which fell 12.2 percent in
the second quarter, but the lockdown spread the community virus faster than in
many other countries and sanctions were lifted sooner. ۔ after more than 100 days without a community
relocation, the epidemic broke out in Auckland, the largest city, but it was
also quickly sealed.
New
Zealand is now three weeks without a case in society, all new infections are
limited to overseas travelers who are undergoing mandatory screening. Only 25
coronavirus deaths were recorded’ in the nation.
The
challenges ahead are enormous. This tourist is closed’ to foreigners, which
eliminates the important tourism industry and is predicted to increase
unemployment.
Labor
is promising massive spending on infrastructure to boost the economy and has
raised more than NZ $ 180,000 (120,000,000) a year in taxes to increase
revenue. Promised to impose. Ardern has refused to implement the wealth tax
proposed by the Greens.
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