"I have not presented a resignation," she said.
The recent resignation of Sheriff Lee Baca presents a much-needed opportunity for meaningful, lasting and long-overdue reform of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
But Mayor Charlie Luken said the resignation presented "an opportunity for us to respond to citizens' concerns about police-community relations".
That, many Palestinians say, is because the vacuum created by Mr. Fayyad's resignation presents an opportunity for renewed reconciliation efforts between Mr. Abbas's Fatah party and its bitter rival, Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza.
"President Alberto Fujimori will present his resignation to Congress on Monday or Tuesday at the latest," Prime Minister Federico Salas said on a national radio network.
"I have asked the government to present its resignation today," he said — the "government" being not him but all his cabinet members, and "I will designate a new government as of tomorrow".
Francis on Thursday weighed in on the controversy over the church's teachings on abuse when he said in a press conference that any bishop who transfers a priest after a case of paedophilia is discovered "is an unconscious man" and that "the best thing he can do is to present his resignation".
"If the deputy of the Five Star Movement wants to continue to dedicate himself to other activities, neglecting the cabinet mandate given to him by citizens, he has only one path to take: present his resignation to parliament," wrote Francesco D'Uva and Stefano Patuanelli, M5S group leaders in the lower and upper chambers of the Italian parliament.
A statement from the office of President Giorgio Napolitano over the weekend said Mr Monti did "not think it possible to continue his mandate and consequently made clear his intention to present his resignation".
David Cameron is expected to go to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, where he will present his resignation to the Queen.
For ethical reasons, the editorial board of CCS and myself had to present our resignation to BMC, effective september 2007.
