Prime Minister Aso to Dissolve the Lower House on July 21, Election on August 30
Just about ten minutes ago, various news sources began reporting that Prime Minister Aso Taro has decided to dissolve the Lower House of the Diet on July 21 in order to hold a general election on August 30.
As expected, Aso is not going to cave in to intraparty pressure and resign. Instead, he will stubbornly insist to be at the helm of the LDP as it crashes down to an historic election defeat.
The LDP enters this election as a fractured mess. Its leader is not only unable to hold the group together, but remains deeply unpopular with many members of his own party, who had hoped to see a new party president lead them into the election.
Contrasting this year’s election to the previous Koizumi-led Lower House election in 2005 is going to be interesting, to say the least.
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