Jacinda Ardern has won the elections for the Prime Ministerof New Zealand with a landslide victory.
The voters have rewarded her, shown gratitude for hereffective handling of the pandemic. A week before the elections, she proclaimedher country’s reopening a validation of her “go hard, go early” response.
The ingenuity of the plan was trading weeks of lockdown andstruggle for a full resumption of economic activity. The country was one of thefirst to close its borders, and Ardern announced a nationwide lockdown in Marchwhen it only had 102 cases.
Though some experts claim that the country’s isolation as anisland and the relatively lesser population enabled the leader to achieve whatshe has been able to achieve, but the writing is clear on the wall. The ladyhas proven her mettle in a most trying time.
But this is old news, and now the nation has unequivocallychosen who they want to lead their country in the perilous times ahead.
She has been re-elected as the Prime Minister.
"Tonight, New Zealand has shown the Labour Party itsgreatest support in at least 50 years," Ardern said in a powerful victoryspeech on Saturday night where she referred to the difficult times ahead forNew Zealand. "And I can promise you: we will be a party that governs forevery New Zealander."
In addition to the high hopes of securing a bright futurefor the island nation, the choice of the New Zealanders has elevated her amongthe world’s most powerful leaders.
A few leaders get chosen by their people consecutively. Inany case, they are the exceptions and not the norm.
Her victory is also an inspiration to women all around theworld. Even today, in some parts of the world, women are denied equalopportunities, or worse, mistreated. Leading a country for the second time withpopular support serves as a landmark for women empowerment.