China News Service, August 4th. According to "Central News Agency", Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will expire on September 30. The Liberal Democratic Party is discussing a presidential election on September 29. 8 A meeting will be held on the 26th to determine the matter, and the election method will also be included in the voting of party members.
Data map: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
A number of relevant Liberal Democratic Party sources revealed that the party is studying the announcement of the presidential election on September 17 and voting on September 29.
The Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election management committee has held its first meeting and is expected to hold its second meeting on August 26 to determine the presidential election schedule.
However, if Yoshihide Suga dissolves the Congress before the presidential election announcement, the presidential election will be held after the House of Representatives election.
In the 2020 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, only brief voting will be conducted, that is, only members of the Diet and representatives of local party departments in prefectures will participate in the voting.
The first meeting of the President’s Election Management Committee decided that the election method in 2021 will be different from that in 2020 and that party member voting will also be implemented.