Regarding the issue of whistle-blower whistle-blower against Hyogo Prefecture Governor Saito Motohiko and others, Japan Restoration Party Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita held a press conference in the Diet on the 9th and formally announced his intention to call for Saito’s resignation and to urge him to run for governor again. He also indicated that if the government does not comply, he would consider submitting a motion of no confidence on his own. Fujita also said that Osaka Governor and co-leader of the Osaka Restoration Party, Hirofumi Yoshimura, called Saito directly last weekend and persuaded him to resign and run in a new election. Saito reportedly told Yoshimura that he would “listen to what he has to say.” Regarding the reason for demanding the resignation, Fujita explained, “I have decided that as the person in charge of managing the prefecture, a certain degree of management responsibility has arisen.” On the other hand, he said, “Resigning and holding a new election is one of the measures allowed to politicians to ask for the trust of the people of the prefecture.” He touched on the circumstances surrounding the recommendation of Mr. Ikeda along with the Liberal Democratic Party in the 2021 gubernatorial election, saying, “We made the decision as the responsibility of the party that recommended him.” When asked whether the Ishin Party would again recommend Saito if he resigns and runs in a new election, he merely said, “We cannot make a decision until we know how he will appeal in the next election.” Until now, the Ishin Party has taken a wait-and-see stance, saying, “The first thing we need to do is to uncover the truth” (President Baba Nobuyuki). Regarding this decision, Fujita explained, “We have no choice but to say that we are changing our policy.” “For example, I would like to face criticism head-on that I should have asked for his resignation sooner and that my decision was too slow,” he said. Regarding Saito, the Liberal Democratic Party, the largest faction, is coordinating with the Komeito Party, the Hyogo Prefectural Citizens’ Alliance made up of Constitutional Democratic Party members and other prefectural assembly members, and the Communist Party to jointly demand his resignation, and with the announcement by the Osaka Restoration Party, it is expected that all factions in the prefectural assembly will call for his resignation. (Nodaira Yuichi) Asahi Shimbun, September 9, 2024, 13:45.
>>3 The Restoration Party should have forced Saito to resign before the accuser was driven to suicide. It’s too late after the accuser committed suicide.
Quote from wiki In April 2018, he was seconded to Osaka Prefecture and served as Director of the Finance Division of the Finance Department of the prefecture. As Director of the Finance Division, he supported the Osaka Restoration government’s “painful reforms” for three years.
He was sent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to a local area, and Yoshimura picked him up and made him governor, and yet he was betrayed.
With the House of Representatives elections likely to cause fatal damage, the Ishin Party has begun to gracefully cut its losses, but it’s too late lol.
The system is complicated, so let me explain. If a no-confidence motion is issued 1. The no-confidence motion is passed (2/3 vote required) 2. The governor chooses to “dissolve the assembly” or “resign” 3. If “dissolve the assembly”, an election for assembly members is held 4. If new assembly members submit another no-confidence motion, it is passed by a majority vote 5. The governor loses his/her position.
If you choose to “dissolve the assembly” ●Advantages There is a possibility that a no-confidence motion will not be issued under the new assembly ●Disadvantages If a no-confidence motion is issued and passed under the new assembly, a gubernatorial election will be held after losing office. Because he has completely antagonized the lawmakers, he will not receive their support and his chances of being re-elected will decrease.
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