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Original title: Yoshihide Suga leads the presidential electoral faction of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party led by the criticized “secret room policy” Source: Reference News Network
Reference News Network reported on September 2 Foreign media said the election of the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party around Prime Minister Abe’s successor focused on Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, political research chairman Fumio Kishida and former chief secretary Shigeo Shige. According to the analysis, the presidential election will present a pattern of confrontation between Yoshihide Suga and Fumio Kishida and Shigeo Ishiba, who are supported by the Hosoda faction, the Aso faction and the second-tier faction.
According to a Kyodo News report in Tokyo on September 1, Fumio Kishida, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, officially announced his participation in the election of the party chairman at the Kishida faction rally on the 1st. He said: ” I will participate in the presidential election and I will do everything possible for the people and the country. “
Shi Pomao, a former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, also held a press conference on the same day and formally announced his candidacy for the party’s presidency.
According to a report by Kyodo News in Tokyo on September 1, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan held a meeting of the General Affairs Council on the morning of 1. At the meeting, the election calendar and the method for the election of the successor to Prime Minister Abe. Top party leaders believed that the sudden resignation of the prime minister was a situation in the party constitution that “needs an emergency response” and decided not to implement the vote of party members and party friends. In this regard, there have been different opinions within the party, including local organizations.
According to the analysis, the presidential election will present a pattern of confrontation between Yoshihide Suga and Fumio Kishida and Shigeo Ishiba, who are supported by the Hosoda faction, the Aso faction and the second-tier faction. The Takeshita faction also began to coordinate in the direction of supporting Suga Yoshihide.
Furthermore, according to a report by Japan’s “Yomiuri Shimbun” on September 1, in the presidential election to select the successor to Prime Minister Abe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is gaining the support of various factions of the party and occupying temporarily a dominant position. On August 31, the Hosoda and Aso factions decided to support Suga Yoshihide, and the approval rate among members of the Diet reached around 60%.
The Hosoda faction, the largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, held a high-level meeting on the night of August 31 to determine the policy in support of Suga Yoshihide.
Prior to this, the Aso faction chairman, Deputy Prime Minister, and Finance Minister Taro Aso also instructed the faction members to give their full support to Suga Yoshihide on the afternoon of August 31. On the same day, Aso also held talks with Kono Taro’s Defense Minister, who belongs to his faction, and asked him to give up the idea of running for election.
The chairman of the Kishida faction, Fumio Kishida, went to the prime minister’s residence on August 31 to ask Prime Minister Abe for support, but the prime minister did not express his attitude. After the meeting, Kishida emphasized to reporters, “Even at a disadvantage, we must insist on fighting.”
Shibaimao expressed his intention to stand in the August 31 elections and said that he would not fall short of the expectations of the majority of the people.
According to a report from Japan’s “Tokyo Shimbun” on September 1, some young and middle-aged congressmen submitted a joint letter to the party’s executive department on August 31 regarding the early election of the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party due to the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, requesting the adoption of party members and party members. By voting method, the number of co-debtors has reached 145, which represents more than a third of all members of the Liberal Democratic Party. More and more local party departments have begun to oppose elections that omit voting for party members. This is because elections led by a small number of party bigwigs give people the impression of a “secret policy”, which can exacerbate public distrust of the Liberal Democratic Party.
After sending a joint letter to General Secretary Toshihiro Nikai, seven young congressmen, including the director of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Youth Office, Kobayashi Fumiaki, told reporters: “It is precisely because Japan is in the crisis of the new crown epidemic. Trusted leader. “
The party constitution of the Liberal Democratic Party stipulates that in case the president resigns in the middle of the mandate, the successor can be decided by the plenary meeting of members of both chambers “if the situation is urgent.” The swift election of a new president is given the right name of trying to avoid a “political vacuum.”
However, Abe has made it clear that the choice of the moment of this resignation is mainly based on the fact that the measures to prevent the epidemic have been formulated and begun to implement, “only at this time the resignation cannot affect the affairs national “. He also said that his physical condition can basically persist until the new president is present, which appears to be inconsistent with the “emergency” stipulated in the party’s constitution.
According to the September 1 editorial of Japan’s “Asahi Shimbun”, the election of the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party around Prime Minister Abe’s successor centered on Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, chairman of political mediator Fumio Kishida and former Chief Secretary Shigeru Ishiba.
It is true that the party constitution of the Liberal Democratic Party stipulates that “in a special emergency”, the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party may be elected in the assembly of members of both houses. However, it has not yet reached the point where Party members must be deprived of important voting rights to accelerate the progress of the election of the new president.
The reason for avoiding the party members’ part of the vote seems to be based on this consideration: to weaken the power of Shigeru Ishiba, who was good at getting votes of local support in previous presidential election battles, to decide the candidate for president through of the union of members of Congress.
The Japanese people are now restless and dissatisfied with the government’s measures to prevent and control the new corona pneumonia epidemic. Considering this situation, the Liberal Democratic Party should listen more widely to the voices of party members and friends of the party who are closest to the voters when electing the president. This will also help consolidate the political base of the new prime minister.
Young parliamentarians and local organizations have called for party members to vote. Front-line members are concerned about deviating from public opinion.
The editorial stated that the election of the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party is not simply a decision on who will succeed Prime Minister Abe. It is also necessary to clarify the merits and demerits of the Abe administration and analyze what should be inherited and adjusted.
Whether to remain faction-led or to debate freely in front of the people, the responsibility of the ruling party will once again be severely tested.
On August 31, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (center) left after attending a press conference at the prime minister’s residence in Tokyo, Japan. Xinhua News Agency / AFP
