When I woke up, Kishida got into trouble....
According to ** news, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently announced that he will no longer serve as the chairman of the Kishida faction of the Liberal Democratic Party during his tenure as prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party.
It is reported that Fumio Kishida served as the ninth chairman of the Koikekai from October 2012 and has been concurrently serving as the chairman of the Koikekai until he became the prime minister of Japan.
Japanese media believe that Fumio Kishida's move is a response to the recent "politics and money" problems in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.
It is reported that the largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the * faction, has recently been exposed that there is a phenomenon of receiving cash kickbacks through admission tickets to political fundraising rallies.
According to the report, the cumulative total amount of secret funds of the faction is about 100 million yen (about 4.82 million yuan), involving more than 10 parliamentarians. Immediately afterwards, other factions of the LDP were also accused of receiving cash kickbacks. Suddenly, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party and Fumio Kishida, who is the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Kishida faction Hongike Association, have fallen into a ** turmoil.
Fumio Kishida claimed that he regretted the confusion caused by this incident to the public, and the Liberal Democratic Party would take corresponding measures. When asked if the "Kishida faction" had secret funds, Fumio Kishida replied, "I haven't heard of it."
According to the report, Kishida also recently ordered the Liberal Democratic Party to suspend the holding of factional banquets. It can be seen that the issue of "politics and money" has had a great impact on Fumio Kishida.
However, it is worth mentioning that Fumio Kishida has been the chairman of Koikekai during his tenure as prime minister of Japan, which is not common in Japanese political history.
Typically, a Japanese prime minister resigns from the leadership of his faction when he takes office to avoid conflicting political interests. However, Fumio Kishida's choice to retain his status as the leader of the faction is inherently prone to raising questions about his impartiality and independence.
Now Fumio Kishida has voluntarily resigned as the chairman of the "Kishida faction" Koikekai, hoping to play a leading role in efforts to restore public trust. Kishida asserted that "we must have a strong sense of crisis, which is an extremely important and heavy issue."
* It is noted that the approval rating of the Kishida Cabinet and the Liberal Democratic Party is also declining at a time when the LDP is mired in a major scandal. Japanese media said that the support rate of the Kishida cabinet hit a new low since the Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in 2012, which is regarded as a precursor to "Kishida**".
In fact, since October, the Kishida ** scandal has been continuously exposed, in addition to the issue of kickbacks from factions within the Liberal Democratic Party, 4 *** including Taro Yamada, the political secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, have also been accused of violating the election law.
The outside world has been questioning Kishida's employment and leadership ability, and the recent secret fund scandal is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Liberal Democratic Party and Fumio Kishida.
Fumio Kishida decided to "break his wrist" and get rid of the relationship with factional interests in order to avoid further affecting the cabinet's approval ratings, but the LDP believes that it is "too late to withdraw from the faction" by now.
Next, there is a lot of uncertainty about whether Fumio Kishida can maintain his ruling position. Voices within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), especially Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, have openly contradicted Kishida's "tax cut" policy, which is believed to be one of Fumio Offada's performances.
If Kishida's "broken wrist" does not work, his approval rating still cannot recover, and Fumio Kishida will face greater challenges.