Shiho Shiozaki is reaping what he sowed! The climax of the power struggle within the LDP to force the prime minister to resign!
26 years ago, Taro Aso served as the Prime Minister of Japan. The LDP suffered a disastrous defeat in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. At that time, Shoichi Fujimura, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, betrayed Taro Aso, and joined with young members of the party to sign a petition demanding a meeting of the members to force Aso to resign.
Although the number of signatures reached one-third of the total number of members, Aso refused to convene the meeting, leading to the collapse of the LDP. Aso dissolved the House of Representatives, and the LDP fell into opposition.
Now, after consecutive defeats in the upper and lower house elections, Shiho Shiozaki has found himself in the same predicament as Taro Aso once was. The Aso faction, together with the Abe faction and the Mito faction, as well as the younger members of the LDP, have gathered signatures to demand a meeting of the members to discuss forcing Shiozaki to resign. As of today afternoon, the Aso faction and others have already obtained 103 signatures, exceeding one-third of the 308 members, and whether to convene the meeting or resist firmly, Shiozaki is now facing a life-or-death decision.
At 3:30 p.m. on the 28th, Shiozaki convened a meeting with the two-party legislators, apologized to the legislators, and sought their support for his re-election. The meeting is still ongoing. There are loud voices calling for the LDP to be thoroughly reformed and for Shiozaki to step down as president and prime minister. Some legislators even directly stated that they would rather see the LDP become an opposition party than allow Shiozaki to avoid responsibility.
The cause from 26 years ago has returned in exactly the same way.
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