Amid the public opinion crisis, Takahashi has also been betrayed, as the New Party is threatening to withdraw from the ruling coalition
At the same time that Takahashi Asana was involved in a public opinion crisis due to her comments on Taiwan, the ruling coalition also became shaky.
The current ruling coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is the Japan Innovation Party. From the beginning of the cabinet negotiation, the Japan Innovation Party clearly put forward conditions, requiring a reduction in the number of seats in the House of Representatives, which was one of the necessary conditions for the joint formation of the government.
To obtain enough support to be elected as Prime Minister, Takahashi Asana had initially agreed to this requirement, but the specific number of seats to be reduced and how to reduce them were left for later discussion.
However, soon after Takahashi took office, she made inflammatory remarks about the Taiwan issue, which led to countermeasures by China and fierce attacks from both the Japanese government and opposition, disrupting her original plan and causing some difficulties.
Meanwhile, negotiations with the Japan Innovation Party were not smooth, and the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the issue of reducing the number of seats. In this context, the Japan Innovation Party issued a warning: if the talks fail, they will leave the ruling coalition.
Differing from the previous LDP-Komeito alliance, the LDP-Japan Innovation Party alliance was never optimistic from the start. The main reason is that there was no foundation for cooperation between the two parties and no common interests. The conditions proposed by the Japan Innovation Party almost all aimed to make things difficult for the LDP.
On the other hand, the LDP has long been involved in black money scandals, which is the main reason why Komeito does not want to continue cooperating with it. To avoid being implicated, none of the members of the Japan Innovation Party entered the cabinet, and only Endo Kei served as a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, with the purpose of being able to withdraw at any time.
Now, Takahashi Asana is in trouble herself and is unwilling to fulfill her promise, so the Japan Innovation Party certainly needs to prepare to escape. But in this case, Takahashi Asana may be close to resignation.
This is truly a disastrous start, but considering Takahashi Asana's actions, she deserves this outcome.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1849933995437188/
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