Editing Resignation (section)

===Deliberate manoeuvre===
Resignation can be used as a political manoeuvre, as in the [[Philippines]] in July 2005, when ten [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] officials resigned en masse to pressure [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] to follow suit over [[Hello Garci scandal|allegations of electoral fraud]]. Arroyo's predecessor, [[Joseph Estrada]], was successfully forced out of office during the [[EDSA Revolution of 2001]] as he faced the first [[impeachment]] trial held in the country's history.

In 1995, the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]], [[John Major]], resigned as Leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in order to contest [[1995 Conservative Party leadership election|a leadership election]] with the aim of silencing his critics within the party and reasserting his authority. Having resigned, he stood again and was re-elected. He continued to serve as prime minister until he was defeated in the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 elections]].

However, ascertaining whether an employee had an intent to resign depends on all the circumstances.  As noted by the [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice]], an employee's storming off may not legally be a resignation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indignation Not Resignation: An Employee Storming off Does Not Mean She Is Quitting |newspaper=Mondaq Business Briefing |date=January 19, 2017 |last1=McKechnie |first1=Dave |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-478029669.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001944/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-478029669.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2018 }}</ref>