Sigeru Prime Minister Isiba has decided to resign to avoid division of the rule of a Liberal Democratic Party, the NHK public network reported Sunday 7/9 today.
It is recalled that the government alliance under the Liberal Democratic Party lost its majority to the upper parliament in July elections, but the Japanese had denied reports that he was planning to resign.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office did not comment on this news when he was asked earlier by Reuters. However, the Japan government said on Sunday that Prime Minister Sigerou Isiba will give a press conference at 6pm. (09:00 GMT), 12:00 Time Greece.
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 denied demands 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 Moriyama, had proposed to resign.
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.
