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 Democratic Party for the People held a party meeting last week in Tokyo. | KYODO
JIJI Apr 6, 2021
The major opposition Democratic Party for the People has been following its own path in parliamentary affairs and other matters, hoping to boost its presence ahead of the next House of Representatives election.
The strategy, however, has driven an even deeper wedge between the DPP and other opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, casting a shadow over the CDP-led opposition bloc s hopes of working together in the election for the all-important lower chamber of the Diet among other issues.
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FILE PHOTO: The logo of an infrastructure group Atlantia is seen outside their headquarters, in Rome, Italy October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
ROME (Reuters) - A consortium of investors led by Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) has finalised a sweeter offer for Atlantia’s 88% stake in motorway unit Autostrade per l’Italia, two sources said on Wednesday.
The proposal is based on an unchanged valuation of 9.1 billion euros ($10.7 billion) for the whole of Autostrade, but asks the infrastructure group to cover for much less than 1.5 billion euros in potential legal risks, improving the terms of a previous offer it presented in February, the sources said.
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ROME/MILAN (Reuters) -Italy is considering a less expensive route to win control of broadband operator Open Fiber, three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, as it looks to play a steering role to boost connectivity across the country.
Open Fiber is jointly owned by Italy’s biggest utility, Enel, and state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). Enel has been in talks to sell up to 50% of the fiber infrastructure group to Australian fund Macquarie for 2.65 billion euros ($3.11 billion) since last year and a deal is expected to be clinched by June.
The original scheme envisaged CDP buying 10% of Open Fiber from Enel and negotiating governance rights with Macquarie to secure control.
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