Japanese Prime Minister Sigerou Isiba has decided to resign from his post to avoid the split of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as reported by the public broadcaster NHK.
It is noted that Isiba’s coalition, under the LDP, lost the majority of the Upper House in the July elections.
The Japanese government has announced that Isiba will give a press conference at 18:00 local time (12:00 Greek time).
Since its rise to power last September, Isiba’s government alliance lost the majority of elections to both parliament’s bodies in the midst of voters’ dissatisfaction to increase the cost of living.
Isiba had refuses requests for his resignation coming from members of his Liberal Democratic Party and to bear the costs for the loss of the majority in the upper parliament in the July elections.
The NHK network reported that Isiba wants to avoid division within his party, while Asahi Shimbun reported that he could no longer resist the growing demands for his resignation.
Yesterday, Saturday night, Isiba had talks with Georgia Minister Sinjiro Koizumi and former Prime Minister Yosicide Suga, an influential executive, who asked him to resign.
Also a few days ago, four high -ranking officials of his party, including Secretary General Hirosi Moryama, had proposes to give up.
Moreover, speculation about his stay in the prime minister had intensified when the Liberal Democratic Party planned a vote on Monday to decide whether to hold emergency elections for the party leadership.
Source :Skai
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