Regarding the election of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party, Taro Aso, president of the Finance Office, Taro Aso (79), Hiroyuki Hosoda, president of Hosoda school (76) and Wataru Takeshita, president of Takeshita school (73 ), held a joint conference on the 2nd. The secretary (71) expressed his support.

Hosoda School party’s largest faction (98 people), 54 people from the second power Takeshita, the top of both Aso factions held a joint meeting, how this presidential election was promoted by “faction logic” Tell you. It seems that the scene has returned to the politics of the old faction of the PLD.

The fact that the top of the faction meet with the same steps is “I have never heard of it” (a person related to the PLD). Deep down, there are internal circumstances in which a battle for leadership, including personnel matters and the acquisition of posts, has started as soon as possible with the establishment of the “Suge Cabinet”.

As a faction, the second rank group led by Toshihiro Nikai was the first to support Suga. The “Suga-Nikadai Line” is good in general, and there is a strong opinion that Mr. Nikai will continue to serve as general secretary under Governor Kan. The general secretary is number two in the party, who is in charge of personnel and money at the same time, and it is a “position I want from my throat” for each faction (related person). After taking office in August 2016, Nikai has been serving as arm’s general secretary, taking a look inside and outside the party.

Mr. Nikai, who made such a move with the birth of “Governor Suga”, has become a more advanced figure than other factions. A party official said: “You must be impatient for Mr. Nikai to increase his influence even after Mr. Kan has been elected as the new president. We would like to show our pride that we decided that Mr. Suga had an advantage in have decided their support, “he said. “Since the flow has been decided, I can see the suitability that I would like to pursue for some kind of ‘reward’ in HR,” he said.

Regarding this interview, it was stated that there was no prior contact with the second floor, and there appears to be a “coming out of the second floor” aspect of the battle for leadership going forward.

Within the Liberal Democratic Party, the “post Suga” = the successor to Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga has already been the leader, and the pod around the top posts has already begun. The press conference of the three people, which flirts with the “practice prize” method of requesting postal support and reward in the election of the president, is irrelevant even though it is criticized as a “throwback to the old PLD” (an official of the party of opposition).