TOKYO, Sept 30 (NNN-NHK) – Fumio Kishida, the new president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the next prime minister, in effect, started to arrange his party executive lineup here today, and planned to announce the list tomorrow.
At the first press conference after being elected head of LDP and the presumed successor to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Kishida said that, it is important to maintain the balance between young and old, when deciding the party’s executive positions.
He has also suggested naming his rivals in the presidential election, namely vaccination minister, Taro Kono, former communications minister, Sanae Takaichi, and the LDP’s executive acting secretary-general, Seiko Noda, to pivotal posts in the government.
“I am studying various options. I am now thinking hard about it,” Kishida told reporters this morning.
He will finalise his decisions by tomorrow when the party’s new executives will be introduced.
During the election campaign, Kishida vowed to carry out reforms, including limiting the terms of the LDP executives to up to three years.
Kishida is expected to be elected Japan’s prime minister, in an extraordinary Diet session on Oct 4, as the LDP-led coalition controls both chambers of parliament. He will also decide his Cabinet lineup by then.– NNN-NHK
