After less than four weeks in office, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned in frustration. Even before he had a chance to form a government, the split between the left and right blocs in parliament proved too much for him. With Lecornu, President Emmanuel Macron has now lost his third head of government in the space of a year, making it impossible to pass the budget. Urgently needed savings are being postponed once again.
Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli stepped down on Tuesday following violent anti-government protests, plunging the poor Himalayan nation into fresh political turmoil. "In view of the adverse situation in the country, I have resigned effective today to facilitate the solution to the problem and to help resolve it politically in accordance with the constitution," Oli said in his resignation letter to President Ram Chandra Poudel.
TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election, Japan's NHK public television reported. Ishiba, who took office in October, had resisted growing calls from within his own party to resign for more than a month, saying such a step would cause a political vacuum when Japan faces key challenges in and outside the country.