Shigeru Ishiba was appointed Prime Minister of Japan to replace Fumio Kishida
Shigeru Ishibathe new leader Japan’s ruling partywas appointed as the Prime Minister of the country this Tuesday Lower House of the Diet (Parliament) in replacement Fumio Kishida.
Ishiba67 years old, and whose party has a large majority in Parliamentwas elected to the said House by 291 votes in favor and after defeating eight other candidates in the Conservative primaries Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from last Friday.
This Tuesday’s vote was delayed by about half an hour due to protests by members of parliament the oppositionsome of whom tried to prevent the process by hanging banners near the ballot box where the deputies put their ballots.
The opposition believes that this change in leadership would try to distract the citizens financial scandals that affected PLD and that led to Kishida make several alterations and changes in your cabinet.
The election of a new president also takes place in the early hours of the morning Kishida and his team announced en masse resignations, a common procedure after primary elections in the Asian country, and then Ishiba announces the new cabinet he has created.
Japanese media Some of those selected for this new cabinet have already moved on and where Ministry of Defenceone of the key positions in the context of tension with China, Russia and North Koreaat the head of which he will stand Gene Nakataniwho has experience in the position, held it from 2014 to 2016.
The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs he will lead her Takeshi Iwayaformer Minister of Defense and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In a media appearance on Monday Ishiba announced his plans dissolve the Chambers after their appointments have been formalized and call a general election at the end of the month, a year before the current legislation ends in October 2025.
“I think it is important to ask the Japanese people for their trust, so I will dissolve the chambers and there will be an election on October 27.”Ishiba announced at a press conference this Monday.
Ishibawho was Secretary of State for Defense and Agriculture and Fisheries and General Secretary of the Conservatives Liberal Democratic Party he had previously reached the position of prime minister with a popularity rating of 52%, a modest percentage for a first-time politician, according to a survey published a day earlier by a Japanese newspaper. Mainichi.
(With information from EFE)
