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This time it was a sudden resignation. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (65) announced his resignation after meeting at the official residence on the 28th. He wanted to prevent ulcerative colitis, a chronic disease, from getting worse and not fulfilling the public’s commitment.
I made a decision on the 24th when I visited the hospital. Measures against the new coronavirus are still ongoing. I was deeply concerned that there would be a conflict. The PLD presidential elections, in which a successor is chosen, are expected to be held without party members and friends voting. There is also the opinion that it is a “stone crushing” that former Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba warned (63).
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“It does not mean that there is no conflict.” The prime minister shook his eyes at the conference that announced his resignation. After visiting Keio University Hospital on the 17th, he was noted to have anxiety due to exacerbation of chronic ulcerative colitis. After the second visit on the 24th, he said, “I would like to do my best again from now on,” but in fact, he had decided to quit that day. It is said that he decided to resign himself. After the cabinet meeting on the 28th, he faced his friend, Finance Minister Taro Aso, in a one-on-one relationship for 35 minutes. Even in the first administration, he had previously announced his resignation.
Until now, the drug had been used for control, but a regular medical check-up in June of this year showed signs of recurrence, and in mid-July my physical condition changed. Recurrence confirmed in early August. The new drug was administered and the effect was confirmed, but “due to illness, medical treatment and poor physical condition, it is important that important political decisions are not made and results cannot be obtained. I decided it shouldn’t be. “
NHK published a report on the “resignation of the prime minister”, and the development of electric shocks around Nagata Town is the same as that of the first administration. The new Crown has not yet converged, and I apologized to the people, “I apologize.”
In order not to “throw and give up” as in the first administration, only the form with the new coronavirus infection control package was prepared. However, in the question and answer session, he was asked to explain that he was “expelled” as a result. The prime minister replied: “Critical criticism must be accepted.”
He said, “With my own hands,” I had a long-cherished desire to amend the constitution and solve the problem of the kidnapping of Japanese by North Korea. I will continue to work until the next governor’s decision and after I retire, I want to work as a member of the Diet. He intends not to retire from politics.
The Liberal Democratic Party has appointed General Secretary Toshihiro Nikai to decide the timing and format of the presidential election, which will select the successor to the Liberal Democratic Party. Members of the Diet and three representatives from the prefectures are expected to hold a simple vote.
The prime minister said “I’m not saying that” about the succession, but Fumio Kishida’s chairman Seicho was thought to be determined. There is an opinion that it will include Mr. Ishiba, who is popular with the people but not popular with the members of the Diet, in a vote centered on the vote of the members of the Diet, which is based on the logic of the faction . There is a strong demand for it.
Approximately 7 years and 8 months after the second government took office. Four days have passed since he reached number one in his successive term on the 24th. Prime Minister Abe, who established the “first” era that remains in Japanese political history. It was a sudden “forced termination”.[Tomoko Nakayama]
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