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According to a survey by the Kyodo news agency in the fifth of 47 people, including the executive director of the 47 prefectural associations of the Liberal Democratic Party (district parties), the largest number of 14 Suga candidates supported. I replied.
Only four respondents cited former Secretary Shigeru Ishiba, who competed with Suga, as a candidate for support, and only two respondents cited President Jeongjo Kishida Fumio.
The remaining 27 said they either avoided or have not yet decided on an answer due to the impact on the primary election process of choosing voters.
The results of the poll show that Suga, who has already secured around 70% of the votes in the National Assembly with the support of five of the seven main LDP factions and non-partisan legislators, also leads the regional party vote, Kyodo News said.
The election of the governor of the PLD, who elects the successor to Prime Minister Abe, will take place in the general assembly of both houses on the 14th, with 394 members of the House of Representatives and 141 members representing 47 prefectures (three per prefecture) exercising the right to vote one by one. .
According to the Yomiuri newspaper poll on the support of 394 members of the Liberal Democratic Party, it was found that as of the night of the 4th, the candidate Suga won the support of 271 people, which is about 70% of the votes of the legislators. , and vastly outperformed the other two candidates.
Out of the total 535 votes, a person with a majority of 268 or more will be elected as the next prime minister in the extraordinary National Assembly convened on the 16th after taking office as the new president of the majority party, the Liberal Democratic Party.
For this reason, the candidate Ishiba, who has been evaluated as popular in the region, is expected to win the election of Suga, who has already secured the majority of the total vote only with the votes of Congress. .
In this Kyodo News poll, candidate Suga received wide support in Hokkaido, Ibaraki, Ehime, and Kagoshima, as well as Akita Prefecture, where he was from.
The Kyodo news agency reported that the reason for supporting Suga was that he was the best person to succeed Prime Minister Abe’s policy or that he liked to work faithfully as secretary of state.
Candidate Ishiba received support from representatives from three regions in addition to Tottori prefecture, where he was from, but all wanted anonymous responses.
This suggests that supporters of candidate Ishiba are looking at candidate Suga, who will likely be the next prime minister.
Candidate Kishida got support only in Hiroshima prefecture, where he was from, and in Shizuoka prefecture, where members of the faction he led were present.
Meanwhile, the three candidates declared their candidacy for the primaries of the PLD governor and asked for support by going around the region on this day, the first weekend they met.
Candidate Suga encouraged party members to find the city of Yokohama, their political base, and prepare for the primary elections.
Candidate Suga said, “I believed in and supported my future without delay or blood ties,” and pledged to take steps to prevent new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) that balance socio-economic activities while protecting lives and lives. of people. did.
Candidate Ishiba visited Fukuoka on the 5th after Osaka on the 4th and appeared on local television shows one after another.
He insisted: “If you appeal to the people and party members and argue with all your might, the PLD will become stronger.”
Candidate Kishida visited Shizuoka City after Kofu City in Yamanashi Prefecture that day and visited the grave of former Kishida Secretary-General Yoshio Mochizuki, who died last December, and fought in this election. Promised.
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