Less than a week after former Progressive Conservative Leader Ches Crosbie announced his resignation, the party's president is following suit, stepping down from the role while hinting he could make a bid for Crosbie's old job. Eugene Manning said in a letter to executive party members Monday that he feared contravening the Tory constitution's neutrality condition that governs the president. "As you know, I have strong views regarding the potential direction of our Party, and our province's future," he wrote. He went on to call the decision the "prudent course of action" to protect the executive's impartiality. Manning is the first to publicly suggest running for the position after Crosbie left the job Wednesday, following his second defeat in a general election.

Source: CBC News April 05, 2021 20:48 UTC