Several senior members of his party have serious corruption allegations hanging over them.
Of the 2,265 corruption allegations last year, more than half of the cases, 1,269, are still considered open.
The news of the corruption allegations, she said, is "shattering for me."
For now, the corruption allegations are top of the agenda.
However, he had to step down himself a year later because of corruption allegations.
He won high approval ratings, but his time in office was also marked by serious corruption allegations.
Both men had stood down from the committee in early August when the corruption allegations were first aired.
The president has publicly said he wants the corruption allegations to be fully investigated.
The Opposition is calling for an independent inquiry into the corruption allegations.
The Edwards administration had been shaken by corruption allegations in the last three years.