The political future of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is uncertain, after the resounding failure in elections recorded by his government coalition
The governmental coalition of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has lost most of the Parliament's upper House following Sunday's elections, a resounding failure due to inflation growth and the powerful advance of the extreme right-wing party, AFP reports.
Shigeru Ishiba's coalition failed in elections. Facebook photo
Given that 125 of the 248 seats were renewed in the election, the Liberal-Democrat (PLD, Conservative) Party of Shigeru Ishiba and his Komeito (center-right) allied only 41 places, according to the projections of the NHK television, which is far from the 50 places needed to preserve the majority.
With Sloganul “Japan in the first place”, The populist and anti -immigration Party SanSato, made an important progress with 16 places won according to the polls, in the context in which he had only two today.
“The situation is difficult.” Shigeru ishiba “could be replaced”
The result led to speculation on a resignation of Shigeru Ishiba, 68, depending on only ten months.
“The situation is difficult, we must examine it with great humility and seriousness,” commented on Sunday evening Ishiba. Asked about his future, he replied: “We can do nothing before seeing the final results but I will look aware of my responsibility”.
“On the one hand, some believe that nThe commercial egoors still in progress with the administration (US President Donald) Trump He could offer him a break. On the other hand, the Prime Minister himself stated that he is targeting 50 places: with a weaker result, it would probably be logical to resign“, told NHK Koji Nakakita, professor at Chuo University.
“It could be replaced by someone else, but it is not yet known who”told AFP Hidehiro Yamamoto, a policy professor at Tsukuba University.
The government coalition is already in the minority in the lower chamber of Parliament, after a failure in the early autumn legislative elections, which the Ishiba himself convened after taking over the PLD chief.
Japan could enter “on unknown field”
Since 1955, PLD governs Japan almost uninterrupted, despite frequent changes in leaders.
Japan could go in now “On the unknown land, with a minority government in the two Houses of Parliament, unprecedented situation after World War II.” said Toru Yoshida, professor of political science at Doshisha University.
In the absence of an alternative coalition between fragmented and incompatible opposition parties, “The scenario could probably be a great coalition between PLD and the Constitutional Democratic Party (Central-Stânga),” The main opposition force, Hidehiro Yamamoto estimated
