Shigeru Ishiba, representing the Liberal Democratic Party LDP, will continue to lead the government coalition after the parliamentary vote.
Continues as Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba.
As expected, Ishiba, who represents the liberal democratic party LDP, won the parliament’s vote for prime minister, despite the fact that the background is the worst election result of the LDP-led government coalition in years.
Ishiba defeated the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party Yoshihiko Nodan in the rerun by 221-160.
The government coalition of the main governing party LDP and its auxiliary party Komeito lost its majority in the lower house of the country’s parliament in the elections held at the end of October. Inflation figures and the previous prime minister Fumio Kishida the financial scandal that led to the resignation brought the LDP the party’s worst election result since the 2009 elections.
However, Ishiba is expected to form a minority government, as the opposition parties are deeply divided on many key issues.
The government coalition has asked for help from the small center-right DPP party, which has agreed to cooperate with the government one bill at a time. The DPP, which remains outside the government, demands that the government make tax cuts and grant energy subsidies in return. According to economists, the measures in question would significantly reduce tax collection.
The leader of the King Maker Party was at the center of a betrayal scandal during the prime minister election, when a Japanese tabloid magazine reported on Monday that the DPP Yuichiro Tamakilla had an extramarital relationship. Tamaki admitted that the story in the magazine was mostly true and apologized for his sidestepping.
The party decided after the matter became public that Tamaki will continue to lead the DPP.
STT