New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday she has fired her immigration minister for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. “I have acted completely inappropriately in my position and can not continue as a minister,” Lees-Galloway said in a statement. The development was the latest in a series of scandals from both sides of the aisle in the New Zealand parliament which have amounted to a reckoning of sorts. But the developments also suggested that behavior which may have previously been accepted or kept quiet in the New Zealand parliament would no longer be tolerated. “His actions have ultimately led me to lose confidence in him as a minister,” Ardern said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 23, 2020 10:21 UTC