Chinanews, August 27th, a comprehensive report, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's term as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party will end on September 30. On August 26, the Liberal Democratic Party finalized the announcement on September 17 and the vote count on the 29th. Election schedule.

At present, three people including former foreign minister Fumio Kishida, former cabinet members Sanae Takaichi and Hirofumi Shimomura have announced their candidacy to challenge Yoshihide Suga.

Data map: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

　　[Suga Yoshihide faces three challenges]

　　Due to the resignation of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Liberal Democratic Party held a party leader by-election on September 14, 2020. Yoshihide Suga, who was appointed by Abe as his successor, overwhelmingly defeated two opponents, Fumio Kishida and Shigeo Ishiba, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party. , And then became Prime Minister.

However, Yoshihide Suga only completed the original term of Shinzo Abe, so the party leader election will be held again after a year.

　　After the Liberal Democratic Party announced the date of the party leader election, Fumio Kishida was the first to announce his re-election, challenging Yoshihide Suga.

　　Regarding the current situation of the Yoshihide Suga regime, he emphasized: "The political foundation of the trust of the people has collapsed." Regarding the epidemic prevention work of the Yoshihide Suga government, Kishida said that the most important thing in crisis management is to anticipate the worst. The optimistic idea of ​​"may get better" cannot overcome the epidemic, and advocates that the epidemic should be prevented by reducing the number of people going out and ensuring the number of beds, and continuing to promote vaccination and other measures.

　　On the other hand, Hirofumi Shimomura, the chairman of the political investigation, visited Shinzo Abe's home in Tokyo to seek assistance for the president of the campaign party.

Former Minister of General Affairs Sanae Takaichi told the media at the party headquarters that "Today is the beginning. I will try my best to promote my policy to more comrades, and I ask them to approve."

　　[The winner will lead the Liberal Democratic Party in the general election]

　　The election of the Liberal Democratic Party leader is generally divided into two parts. The first is "Member votes", which consists of one member of the Senate and the House of Representatives, with a total of 383 votes. , And then converted into 383 “party member votes” of the same amount as “members of Congress” based on the proportion of votes obtained.

In the end, the two are added together, a total of 766 votes, and the one with more than half of the votes wins.

Since 2020 is only a by-election, a simplified voting method with only members of parliament and local party department representatives will be adopted, but this year it will return to the traditional "party vote" method.

　　According to the daily analysis, Yoshihide Suga won the support of 5 of the 7 major factions of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2020. Since these factions have not yet indicated that they will change to support others, Yoshihide Suga still has a great advantage.

However, the Kishida faction believes that it is not entirely without chance and hopes that it can win the votes of party members representing the party's grassroots voice. Especially after the Liberal Democratic Party's defeat in the Mayor of Yokohama election, many grassroots party members and young people tend to change the party leader.

　　The current term of the Japanese House of Representatives will end on October 21, which means that the House of Representatives election will be held shortly after the election of the Liberal Democratic Party leader. Therefore, the election of the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party will also determine who will lead the Liberal Democratic Party in the general election.