| 28. My Opinion: Latest news and current affairs in Japan and around the world by Peter Yonenaga |
First of all, within the Liberal Democratic Party, as I said earlier, Mr. Abe and Mr. Kan are fighting each other.
According to a public opinion poll, the Liberal Democratic Party will be said to lose. That's why they don't want to hold an election.
The approval rating is dropping again because of this virus. They don't want to quit, but they only have internal squabbles.
Therefore, we don't know when they will give up and resign for the next election.
At this point, I think there is a possibility that the government will give up and disband. In that case, Kan's group and Abe's group are going to have a real conflict, and there will be two candidates in the constituency.
If each side has a candidate, both sides will fall down. I think that kind of thing can happen.
However, if they quit, they are just “people” after all, so there is a possibility that they may stop disbanding.
That's why I don't know when. However, they know that the current regime is now extremely dangerous.
You are absolutely right about the opposition party. There is a union behind the Constitutional Democratic Party.
The Federation of Electric Power Workers' Unions is included. Since this union is against nuclear power, it can’t merge with the National Democratic Party.
Therefore, Mr. Edano is creating his own world and barricading himself. He's like, "What I'm saying is what I'm saying, and I don't know the rest.".
In that case, when it comes to expectations of the people, Taro Yamamoto is the only one. That's why there are only LDP and Taro Yamamoto in politics now.
There is a possibility that Mr. Yamamoto's house will grow from now on. He says he will field candidates all over Japan.
In the case of the LDP, it will be a collision course between Abe and Nikai in the election. It depends on the timing of the election, but suppose there were two candidates in each constituency due to factional clashes between the Abe and Kishida factions, the Nikai and Kan factions, and the Ishiba factions, Taro Yamamoto would definitely win overwhelmingly.
There is a possibility. Therefore, this year, the opposition parties are also concerned about what to do in this situation.
I think it is important to pursue the LDP and the Sakura Viewing Party scandal, but I would appreciate it if they could take one or two more steps toward the future.
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