Former Prime Minister Abe’s “political use” of the “national funeral” draws criticism from within the LDP.

On July 8, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed during a street speech. Then, on July 14, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced at a press conference that he would hold a “state funeral” for former Prime Minister Abe.

He was “a man of outstanding leadership and executive ability who carried out the heavy responsibilities of the prime ministership. He was a great leader and a man of action.”

“By holding his state funeral, I would like to demonstrate our country’s determination to resolutely defend democracy without violence.

But there is growing opposition to this “reason.

First of all, there are voices within the party that say, “Not giving in to violence and praising former Prime Minister Abe are two completely different things. As the background of this incident becomes clearer, it is said that it is far removed from the so-called “crisis of democracy.

While “#Opposition to National Funeral” has become a trending word on social networking services, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and others have been quick to express their support for the idea.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno explained the “national funeral” at a press conference as follows.

The Abe administration has been in power for the longest period in the history of constitutional government, and we have received many messages of condolence from abroad. We will make adjustments in consultation with the bereaved families and other concerned parties regarding the attendance of foreign dignitaries and the timing of the Cabinet decision.

The date, location, and scale of the event are still being worked out, but according to a senior official at the prime minister’s office, the plan is to hold it at the Nippon Budokan in September.

However, questions have been raised even within the LDP about whether the Kishida administration’s decision to hold a state funeral is “a political use of the death of former Prime Minister Abe.

A senior LDP official confesses his discomfort.

The most recent “national funeral” was that of Emperor Showa. In the past, funerals for former prime ministers have been held as a “joint funeral of the cabinet and the LDP. The most recent example is that of former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, who died in 2008. A senior LDP official did not hide his bitterness.

The only state funeral for former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida since the end of World War II was held in In 1967, the only postwar state funeral for former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida was held. In 1967, the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida was held without any religious overtones. The cabinet of then Prime Minister Eisaku Sato decided that he was the prime minister who had contributed to the independence and reconstruction of Japan, which had been scorched by World War II.

That Prime Minister Sato, who advocated the three non-nuclear principles, won the Nobel Peace Prize, achieved the reversion of Okinawa, and was in power for 2,798 days, was not given a state funeral but a national funeral when he died.

But in the case of former Prime Minister Nakasone, who was also awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit, it was a joint funeral, not a state funeral. The people can’t get an explanation. It just doesn’t add up.