The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan faces a major challenge in the prime ministerial election

Selecting the New Prime Minister of Japan, the LDP Faces Major Issues

Although the LDP remains the ruling party, it has lost its majority in both houses of the Japanese Diet. After Suga Yoshihide was forced to resign, the LDP's selection of a new prime minister will face significant challenges.

Because Suga Yoshihide served as both the Prime Minister and the President of the LDP, after his resignation, the LDP first needs to elect a new president — the problem is that it is not yet clear whether the various factions within the LDP will agree to the most popular candidates, Takahashi Hayato and Koizumi Jinno.

Secondly, since the LDP has lost its majority in both houses of the Diet, even if the various factions of the LDP select a new president through internal deals, this time the LDP president cannot simply go through the process of voting in both houses to become the new prime minister, but must secure enough votes — this leads to the possibility that the LDP president may not be smoothly elected as the prime minister.

Therefore, to ensure that the party leader becomes the new prime minister, the ruling coalition between the LDP and Komeito must cooperate with other parties, especially securing the support of the parties in the House of Representatives, because if there is a dispute over the prime ministerial candidate between the two chambers, the decision of the House of Representatives will be the final result.

Finally, assuming the LDP president can pass the vote in both houses, whether the new prime minister will gain public approval remains unknown.

As mentioned above, although Takahashi Hayato and Koizumi Jinno are the most popular candidates, the various factions of the LDP may not agree to their appointment as president, and some other veteran politicians of the LDP do not have sufficient appeal... Therefore, the LDP is now "in a dilemma, with no good choice," and choosing anyone would be problematic.

Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1842598636953608/

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