Prime Minister Kishida Considers Dissolution in April, Potential Re-Election Without Vote for President: Self-Praise Report Circulated Among Lawmakers
Prime Minister Kishida has shown leadership in taking one more step toward a free and open international order.
The LDP secretaries were left scratching their heads when they received such a self-praising report in their mailboxes on January 23, 26, and 29. The sender was the LDP headquarters. A middle-ranking Diet member’s secretary said, bewildered.
The title of the report was “Initiatives of the Kishida Administration,” and the text read, “Please use this report for local briefings, media relations, and other purposes. We had received papers from the party headquarters before when the administration’s approval ratings were low, but this time the paper was an unprecedented 48 pages of A4 paper.
The first sentence is from the “Diplomacy” section, but the “New Capitalism” section also goes on and on praising Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (66), saying, “After two years of efforts, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to completely break out of deflation and transition to a new economy.
According to the latest public opinion poll released by JNN on February 4, the Kishida administration’s approval rating is in the danger zone, hovering around 23%. What is the purpose of distributing a large number of reports at this time?
Is the prime minister seeking a way to dissolve the House of Representatives early? Some observers believe that the report was prepared with a speech in his hometown in mind, and that it is intended to encourage people to prepare for the upcoming election.
