Under the right set of circumstances, there can be benefits to a strategic political resignation - regardless of whether one actually intends to quit.
Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad knows this well, having seen first-hand in 2002 how powerful a well-executed "I quit" can be.
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