奥比·汗(Obby Khan)即将卸任曼尼托巴省反对党进步保守党领袖一职。
Obby Khan is stepping down from his position as leader of Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives.
汗于周一中部时间下午5点刚过宣布了这一消息,此前他在周五经历了一场看似象征性的信任投票并获得通过。
Khan made the announcement just after 5 p.m. CT Monday, after he survived what appears to be a symbolic confidence vote on Friday.
目前尚不清楚是哪位进步保守党核心小组成员发起了此次投票,也不清楚其具体原因。
It's not clear which member of the PC caucus triggered that vote, or for what reason.
周一晚间在立法机构向记者发表讲话时,汗表示,那次信任动议的投票结果是二比一支持他,但“一小部分议员认为这些结果仍然不够”。汗说:“我已清楚地意识到,周五多数票支持我的结果并不能解决我们核心小组内部的分歧,这让我别无选择。”
Speaking to reporters at the legislature Monday evening, Khan said the votes in that confidence motion were two to one in his favour, but "a small group of MLAs have decided that those results are still not enough." "It has become clear to me that after Friday's majority vote in my favour would not resolve the divisions within our caucus, it has left me no choice," Khan said.
他表示,在整个周末,他了解到一些进步保守党核心小组成员计划在周一晚间开会,他称此举旨在“颠覆核心小组的民主意愿”。
Throughout the course of the weekend, he said he learned that some members of the PC caucus planned to meet Monday evening in what he described as an effort to "subvert the democratic will" of the caucus.
汗表示,辞职的决定“并非关于我是否能抗争……你们都了解我,我喜欢抗争”。
The decision to resign is "not [about] whether I could fight.… You all know me, I like to fight," said Khan.
但他补充道:“我不会把接下来的时间花在与我自己的政党、我自己的核心小组内斗上,我来到这里是为了对抗新民主党(NDP)……并让本届政府承担责任。”
But "I will not spend the next chapter fighting with my own party, my own caucus, when I came here to fight the NDP … and to hold this government accountable," he said.
曼尼托巴省进步保守党领袖奥比·汗在核心小组信任投票中胜出。汗表示,他将于周二正式退出进步保守党核心小组,但将继续担任温尼伯怀特堡(Fort Whyte)选区的议员,以独立议员身份履职。
Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Obby Khan survives caucus confidence vote Khan said he will resign from the PC caucus, effective Tuesday, but will continue on as the MLA for the Winnipeg constituency of Fort Whyte, sitting as an Independent.
他说:“我无法成为一个核心小组的一部分,其中一小部分成员缺乏道德操守,不遵守我们的规则、原则和准则。”
"I cannot be a part of a caucus with a small minority membership that lacks moral integrity, that will not abide by our rules, our principles, our code," he said.
在辞职演说中,汗点名感谢了20人组成的进步保守党核心小组中的部分成员,包括前临时党领袖凯尔文·戈尔岑(Kelvin Goertzen),以及议员罗恩·舒勒(Ron Schuler)、格雷格·内斯比特(Greg Nesbitt)、里克·沃丘克(Rick Wowchuk)、德里克·约翰逊(Derek Johnson)、特雷弗·金(Trevor King)和科琳·罗宾斯(Colleen Robbins)。“远比我个人重要”在曼尼托巴省前省长希瑟·斯蒂芬森(Heather Stefanson)于2024年初卸任后,汗于去年成为该党领袖。
Khan thanked some members of the 20-person PC caucus by name during his resignation speech, including former interim party leader Kelvin Goertzen as well as MLAs Ron Schuler, Greg Nesbitt, Rick Wowchuk, Derek Johnson, Trevor King and Colleen Robbins. 'Far bigger than me' Khan became the party leader last year after former Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson stepped down in early 2024.
他在一场激烈的领导权竞争中击败了沃利·道德里奇(Wally Daudrich),后者是一家名为“Churchill Hotel and Ecotourism”的公司老板。道德里奇随后退出了该政党。可汗(Khan)本身也是一名企业家,曾效力于加拿大橄榄球联盟(CFL)的温尼伯蓝轰炸机队(Winnipeg Blue Bombers)队,之后才进入政坛。他于2022年首次当选为曼尼托巴省立法议会议员,赢得了温尼伯地区的福特怀特选区(Fort Whyte)的席位。
He won the leadership in a tightly contested leadership race against Wally Daudrich, a Churchill hotel and ecotourism company owner who has since quit the party Khan, who was an entrepreneur and a former football player with the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers before entering politics, was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature in 2022 winning the Fort Whyte seat in Winnipeg in a byelection. He became leader in a contest sparked by the resignation of Stefanson, who stepped down as party leader months after her PCs lost the fall 2023 provincial election to Wab Kinew's NDP.
这场领导权竞争的导火线是斯特凡森(Stefanson)的辞职——她在保守党(PC)在2023年秋季的省级选举中败给韦布·基内乌(Wab Kinew)领导的新民主党(NDP)后,几个月内便辞去了党魁职务。
When elected to the role last year, Khan became the first Muslim, as well as the first Canadian from a South Asian ethnic background, to lead the party.
去年当选党魁时,可汗成为了该党历史上首位穆斯林领袖,同时也是首位具有南亚裔背景的加拿大领导人。
"For the first time in the party's history, someone who looked like me, prayed like me, carried a family story like mine stood here as the party leader," Khan said Monday, having to pause to collect himself as his voice cracked with emotion.
“在该党的历史上,第一次有和我一样外貌、和我一样信仰宗教、有着和我一样家庭背景的人站在这里担任党魁,”可汗在周一的演讲中说道。由于情绪激动,他的声音有些颤抖,不得不暂时停顿了一下才继续发言。
"That is far bigger than me.… Whatever happens after today remains history."
“这远不止关乎我个人……今天之后会发生什么,都将成为历史。”可汗激动地表示:“这对我来说是一个巨大的荣誉。”
'A huge honour': Obby Khan nearly moved to tears as 1st Muslim MLA in Manitoba history Currently, the Tories hold 20 seats in the 57-seat Manitoba Legislature.
目前,保守党在曼尼托巴省立法议会中拥有20个席位;执政的新民主党拥有34个席位,自由党有1个席位,还有2名独立议员。下一次省级选举定于2027年10月举行。
The governing NDP have 34, the Liberals hold one and there are two Independents. The next provincial election is not slated until October 2027. Under the PC Party's constitution, a new leadership race can only be triggered at this point in the election cycle if the position becomes vacant, the leader ends up mentally or physically incapacitated, the leader requests a leadership race or a simple majority of PC members vote in favour of a race at a general meeting.
根据保守党的章程,只有在以下情况下才会触发新的领导权竞争:现任党魁职位出现空缺、党魁因身体或精神原因无法继续履职、党魁本人提出竞争请求,或者保守党成员在全体会议上以简单多数票支持举行选举。曼尼托巴省立法议会计划于周二恢复会议。在周一的演讲结束后,可汗没有回答记者的任何问题。截至周一晚间,保守党方面尚未确定谁将担任临时反对党领袖。
Manitoba's legislature is slated to resume on Tuesday. Khan did not take questions from reporters after his nearly 20-minute speech at the legislature on Monday. The PC Party said as of Monday evening, it did not yet know who will be serving as interim Opposition leader.