The President of the Liberal Democratic Party Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC-RRB- issued an election notice on the 12th. On the morning of the same day, 9 candidate camp submitted 20 Liberal Democratic Party members of the list of nominees and applications for election. On the afternoon of the same day, 9 candidates attended the press conference and delivered a speech. Japan’s Kyodo News Agency reported on the 12th that the 9 candidates, a record number of people.
After the“Black Gold” scandal?
The report said that with the“Black gold” scandal leading to a headwind for the liberal democratic party, the candidates will increase their publicity opportunities by holding speeches and debates at local level before the voting begins on September 27, to win back the hearts and minds of the people. The 15-day campaign was also the longest since the current constitution was set in 1995.
The Liberal Democratic Party held a policy speech at its headquarters in Tokyo on December 12.
According to a report by Japanese television on the 12th, the“Black Gold” scandal became the main reason for Kishida’s cabinet to announce its resignation, how to restore National Trust and what kind of economic policy to launch will become the main argument of the presidential election. “The first thing we have to do is to be reborn as a liberal democratic party that the people can firmly trust,” Takashi Zaomai, the current Minister for Economic Security, said in a speech. Shi Pomao, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said that, “If I become president, I will do my best to fulfill my duties until the people are satisfied. Build a LDP that believes in the people, a LDP that is trusted by the people, a LDP that creates the future.”.
In their speeches, several candidates implied“Changing” Japan. The former Environment Minister Shinjir? Koizumi that, “I am standing here because I have a growing sense of crisis that it will be too late if I do not overwhelmingly increase the intensity and speed of political decision-making. I want to be prime minister and change Japanese politics that has been left behind by the changing times. Former Minister for Economic Security, known as Kobayashi, “We will create a Japan that gives its people a sense of dream and hope, a Japan that leads the world. We will create a Japan that is truly self-reliant and independent from the movements of other countries.”. Foreign Minister Yoshiko Ugawa said, “If I become Prime Minister, as president, I will not run away from difficult issues, will work with the Japanese people to build a new Japan, let us work together to build a New Japan.”.
Each of the nine candidates showed his abilities
Candidates will compete for a total of 734 LDP mps (367 votes) and LDP members (367 votes) , with more than half the votes President of the Liberal Democratic Party, in the event that there are no candidates obtaining a majority of the votes in the first ballot, the first two candidates will proceed to the second ballot. Since the LDP is now the ruling party, it controls the lower house. As usual, after the LDP’s new leader is elected, he will be elected as the new Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote. Kyodo news agency analysis, due to more candidates, the first two to carry out the run-off vote is very likely. With the early dissolution of the lower house expected, the new president will become the LDP’s“Electoral facade.”.
To cheer themselves up, each of the nine candidates has their own strengths. The Jiji Press Shinjir? Koizumi visited the Nikkei shrine near the national assembly in the morning to pray for “Victory in the election”, and Takeshi Saomori also visited the shrine, he also spoke of the late prime minister, Abe, who had backed her in the last President of the Liberal Democratic Party election, saying “He taught me a lot of things and how to fight”. Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato visited the tomb of his father-in-law and former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kato in June, “I expressed to him my determination to fight until the end in the presidential election and hoped that [ my late father-in-law ] could guide me,” he said.
“I want to wear white on this day and write the thoughts and wishes of the members of Parliament, the party and the people on a white canvas,” he said, wearing a white shirt. “I hope to spend the day with this feeling.”. Lin Fang, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, is running with the slogan “Running with the mentality of ‘Fenglin Volcano’”. “We have always been as quiet as a forest, but from now on we will be as fast as the wind, as fierce as fire, as motionless as a mountain,” he explained.
There is a lot of focus
Japan’s”Daily News” commented on the 12th that in the next election campaign, how to deal with the”Black gold” scandal-related issues will test the candidates, the debate will also cover issues such as how to make political funding more transparent. Faction Power has a role to play in past elections, and it is interesting to see how votes will be divided up once the faction is disbanded.
In addition, “Generation to generation” is also one of the election focus. He was only 51 when he was first elected President of the Liberal Democratic Party in September 2006, making him the youngest Japanese President of the Liberal Democratic Party to be elected since the war. If the 49-year-old Kobayashi or the 43-year-old Shinjir? Koizumi won, it would break the record Abe has held so far.
Kyodo news agency said that in the coming election debate, expected to be the main issue of kickbacks in the event of party reform and political reform. The law on the regulation of political funds, which was amended during the previous regular parliamentary session, still leaves some questions, including how to deal with the expenses for policy activities that are distributed to party cadres but do not have to be disclosed for their purposes.
Around economic policy, many candidates are focused on growth at a time when people are suffering from rising prices. Whether fiscal discipline will be taken into account also needs to be answered. The question of whether to ease restrictions on lay-offs in order to promote labour market mobility is also likely to be debated.