Members of the Lower House Commission on the Constitution vote to pass a bill to amend the national referendum law during a session on May 6. (The Asahi Shimbun)
The Diet is expected to soon enact a bill to amend the national referendum law, paving the way for a possible national referendum on revising the Constitution.
The bill, which has been before the Diet for almost three years now, made significant progress after the ruling coalition agreed to opposition amendments, and the legislation cleared a parliamentary hurdle.
Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, met his counterpart in the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Tetsuro Fukuyama, at the Diet building on May 6.
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Worrying results: The elections were considered a major litmus test for Suga, who must call national polls before the Oct 21 end of the four-year term for the lower house. Reuters
TOKYO: Japan’s ruling party lost all three parliamentary by-elections held recently, loosening Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year.
Suga said he took seriously the results that are seen as reflecting voter discontent with his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as well as scandals involving his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
“I humbly accept the election results as the judgement by the people, ” Suga told reporters yesterday.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga takes off his face mask before speaking to reporters at his office in Tokyo Monday, April 26, 2021. His ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday lost all three parliamentary by-elections, a blow to Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year. Suga said Monday he seriously takes the results seen to reflect voter discontent with his government s coronavirus handling as well as scandals involving his party. (Yuta Omori/Kyodo News via AP)
TOKYO – Japan’s ruling party lost all three parliamentary byelections held Sunday, loosening Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year.
Japan’s ruling party has lost all three parliamentary by-elections held on Sunday, loosening the prime minister Yoshihide Suga’s grip on power ahead of national elections later this year.
Mr Suga said he takes the results seriously amid voter discontent with his government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as well as scandals involving his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
“I humbly accept the election results as the judgment by the people,” Mr Suga told reporters on Monday.
Mr Suga said he accepted the results as a judgment by the people (AP)
“We will further examine the results and correct what needs to be corrected.”