LDP loses 3 by-elections in blow to Suga
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Voting for three Diet seats kicks off in bellwether for Suga
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Apr 12, 2021
OSAKA – An Upper House vote in Hiroshima on April 25, one of three by-elections taking place that day, has turned into a crucial race for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and the ruling coalition.
But a vote-buying scandal that forced the resignation of the previous representative, Anri Kawai, has rocked the local political establishment and sparked voter anger, putting the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito on the defense and giving the opposition hopes of victory.
Kawai was found guilty in January of vote-buying in the 2019 Upper House election and resigned her seat in early February. Her husband, Katsuyuki Kawai, a Lower House member who also represents a Hiroshima district, is a former justice minister who has been charged in the vote-buying scandal as well. After arguing he was innocent, he admitted in late March that he had attempted to buy votes in the 2019 election for his wife.
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The April 25 elections in Hokkaido, Nagano and Hiroshima prefectures will be the first parliamentary polls since Yoshihide Suga became prime minister in September. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
Jiji Apr 10, 2021
The results of upcoming elections for three seats in the Diet are expected to have a heavy impact on Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his administration, with both the ruling and opposition blocs aiming to gain momentum ahead of a general election to be held by autumn.