Suga Yoshihide abandons the election of President of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

　　China News Service, Beijing, September 3, Tokyo News: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga stated at the temporary high-level meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party on the 3rd that he himself will not participate in the election of the Liberal Democratic Party's president.

This means that after the end of September, after the end of the term of office of the president, Yoshihide Suga may resign from the post of Prime Minister of Japan, which is traditionally held by the head of the ruling party.

The data picture shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

　　According to a report from the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), relevant sources revealed that Yoshihide Suga said at the temporary high-level meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party held on the morning of the 3rd that he "wants to focus on epidemic prevention and control measures" and will not participate in the event scheduled to be held on the 29th of this month. Liberal Democratic Party president election.

In addition, the Liberal Democratic Party's high-level personnel adjustments originally scheduled to be implemented on the 6th have also been cancelled.

　　"The Asahi Shimbun" reported that the failure of the epidemic prevention and control policy has caused the support rate of Yoshihide Suga's cabinet to continue to be low. In this case, Yoshihide Suga's re-election has become precarious.

　　According to a report in the Yomiuri Shimbun, the current Liberal Democratic Party’s former head of government affairs investigation Fumio Kishida has officially announced his candidacy, and the former Minister of General Affairs Sanae Takaichi has indicated his intention to stand for the election.

Next, whether the former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Shigeru and the current Minister of Administrative Reform Taro Kono will participate in the election will become the focus of attention from the outside world.

　　According to Japanese media reports, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan is scheduled to conduct the presidential election on the schedule of an announcement on the 17th of this month and a vote count on the 29th.

At that time, a new president will be elected to participate in the House of Representatives election.

　　On September 14, 2020, Yoshihide Suga won the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election and was elected as the 26th president. On September 16, he formally succeeded Shinzo Abe as the 99th Prime Minister of Japan.

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