Clearly this makes my position impossible and I have no alternative than to resign from the government.
But then came the ultimatum of four ministers, led by Binyamin Netanyahu, Mr Sharon's chief rival and heir apparent, who said they would resign from the government unless a referendum were held within two weeks.
Both Shas leader Eli Yishai and Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman dismissed Annapolis as a pathetic joke and claimed that there is no reason for them to resign from the Olmert government.
Separately, A. Raja, party member and former telecom minister, told The Wall Street Journal that DMK ministers in the government will resign from their posts later this evening or Wednesday morning.
Five MPs who are ministers in the government will also resign from the cabinet.
Three Indian ministers had the courage to resign from Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government in protest against a steep hike in the prices of petroleum products which has hit the poorer sections of society very badly.
Last October, Iran and Syria determined that Hizbullah had nothing more to gain from remaining in the government and so they ordered it to resign.
The government has faced increasing calls from the opposition BJP to resign amid allegations that its process of allocating coal blocks to private companies was corrupt.
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He could resign from parliament, thus possibly triggering the fall of Ms Gillard's minority government.
Early this year, a third of the ministers in the previous Congress government were forced to resign over allegations that they accepted illegal campaign funds from a Delhi businessman.
Though Mr Ozawa has repeatedly denied knowledge of any murky transactions, he was forced to resign from a high-ranking position in the DPJ in June partly because the scandal was damaging the government's popularity.
As a policy briefing from the International Crisis Group has recently argued, Musharaf must be forced to resign and a new neutral caretaker government appointed.
After vocal opposition from the exchange, including a threat by Chairman Charles Lee to resign, in early April the Hong Kong government caved in, reversing its decision to quickly implement the plan and saying more time was needed to study it.
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