Ralph Klein to resign in September

[u4ic]

Good riddance to the ba$tard...



Premier Ralph Klein says he will resign in September to make way for a Conservative leadership vote and turn the job over to his successor by the end of the year.

After suffering a crippling blow from Conservative party members on the weekend, Klein said today he will continue as premier and Conservative party leader over the summer and an submit his resignation to the party sometime in September.

He will remain in office until his successor is chosen, probably in November or December, he added.

He acknowledged he is leaving earlier than he planned. But he said the party’s luke-warm show of support for him at the weekend convention in Calgary made it impossible to stay.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=acf0630c-be66-4e85-8a5e-45110f1404cc&k=11661