According to the complaint, an unnamed assemblyman entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. attorney's office in which he agreed to resign his office after the arrests of the defendants charged in the complaint.
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Sweeney believes that President Clinton should resign from office over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
But in fairness to their constituents, they should resign their office and run again in a special election.
Spitzer becomes the first New York governor to resign from office during his term since Nelson Rockefeller quit in 1973.
The last pontiff to resign in office, he was caught up in the leadership crisis known as the Great Schism, in which three rival popes had been elected by rival church factions.
"I believe that a pope should have a term limit or be given the privilege to resign from office, if he can't do his various duties effectively anymore due to health reasons or old age, " he said.
The last President to do so was President Nixon, and he had sufficient reverence for the office to resign before the House even voted articles of impeachment.
He is expected to resign his seat before taking office as vice president on January 20.
Other supporters of the prime minister are calling for Mr Fini, the principal cause of Mr Berlusconi's weakening grip on office, to resign as speaker of the lower house.
But Benedict was the first Pope to resign rather than die in office for hundreds of years, giving more prior warning than usual of the need for a conclave to be held.
In February his prime minister, Gary Conille, offered to resign after just four months in office, which he spent mainly investigating corruption.
Parliamentary rules mean MPs cannot officially resign and have to accept a crown office to give up their seat.
The director of the Department of Parks and Wildlife, Willas Makombi, was ordered to resign last year, but remains in office.
Under the Roman Catholic Church's canon law, it is technically possible for a pope to resign, but no pope has ever left office voluntarily in modern times.
Pope Benedict XVI stepped down last month after nearly eight years in office, becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years.
Until recently, it had been widely assumed that, instead of staying in office until September 1999, he would resign as an act of contrition for his party's dismal showing in the July election and for the country's financial mess.
They are not prepared to say Clinton should resign just because his continuing imbroglios bring disrespect on the office.
The council's 11 members, including the chief minister, offered to resign following a highly critical report by the Wales Audit Office (WAO).
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Italian stocks have fallen, reacting to the news that Prime Minister Mario Monti plans to resign and former premier Silvio Berlusconi is to run for office again.
William Hague revealed his intention to resign as leader after travelling back from Yorkshire to Conservative Central Office in London.
West Mercia Police Federation chairman Ken Mackaill - one of three representatives who met the Tory MP for 45 minutes in his Sutton Coldfield constituency office - said Mr Mitchell had "no option but to resign" after refusing to give details of exactly what he said in his outburst.
But Mr Habibie's own government has been beset by demonstrations since he took office in May, after his precessor, Suharto, was forced to resign.
When asked for comment regarding whether Mr. Castro was the unnamed assemblyman and whether he had plans to resign, an individual who answered the phone at Mr. Castro's district office said the assemblyman's chief of staff would issue a press release by the end of the day.
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Workplace expert Lynn Taylor, author of Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant, suggests employees consider their response to a counter offer before they resign.
Having declared he would not yield to political pressure to force him out of office, Zimbawe 's chief justice, Anthony Gubbay, was eventually driven to resign by threats.
He replaced Benedict XVI, who held the office for eight years and became the first pontiff in more than 700 years to resign, saying he no longer had the physical strength to continue.
Earlier this month Tyrrell was forced to resign as den leader of the Tiger Cubs for Pack 109 in Bridgeport, Ohio, because the national office learned she is a lesbian.
"If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign, " the pope said.
Only once approved in post will he have to resign as a councillor in Hammersmith if he is to take up the position running the new Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime.
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