2023-12-14 16:54 United News Network Corner International Daily Podcast The Seiwa Policy Research Association, the largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, commonly known as the “Abe faction”, revealed the faction’s political fund-raising dinner funds…
December 14, 2023, news tracking:
(1) Japan is approaching the end of the year and is preparing to welcome the New Year. However, a political funding scandal broke out in Japan in December, plunging the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Fumio Kishida into a political storm at the end of the year. The largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Seiwa Policy Research Association, commonly known as the “Abe faction”, exposed the problem of the faction’s false declaration of funds for political fundraising dinners, and will use the proceeds from the sale of fundraising meal coupons (called party coupons in Japan) The money went into the pockets of congressmen in the form of kickbacks and was not reported truthfully. Related issues have been exposed, in addition to the Abe faction, which is the most powerful in the party, there are also the second-order faction (Shishuai Kai), and the Kishida faction (Hiroike Policy Research Association), which is rumored to belong to Kishida Fumio, also has related incidents.
In order to stop the political storm, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned from the position of chairman of the Kishida faction on December 7. This is the position that Kishida has held since 2012. However, his resignation as chairman of the Kishida faction still cannot stop him. The spread of the incident. In response to the political funding storm, Japan’s opposition party, the Cadet Party, proposed a motion of no confidence in the Kishida cabinet, but it was rejected by a majority vote in the parliament on the afternoon of the 13th.
The impact of the incident has forced the Kishida cabinet to make personnel changes. Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hiroichi, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Nishimura Yasunari, General Affairs Minister Suzuki Junji, and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Miyashichiro. The above four people confirmed their resignations on the 14th, and their positions were replaced by People from other factions took over; among them, the Chief Cabinet Secretary was former Foreign Minister Lin Hongzheng, who belonged to the Kishida faction. The political funding case has once again hit the support rate that the Kishida cabinet cannot improve, and has also affected the 2024 election layout. The Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party has encountered political turmoil this time, and the struggle and balance between factions may also be variable.
(2) The COP28 conference ended on December 13. The 198 participating countries reached an agreement to “no longer use fossil fuels.” The result of this agreement symbolizes the determination of various countries to end the oil era. COP28 Chairman Sultan al-Jaber praised the agreement of historical significance, but still pointed out that the focus lies in implementation; the United Nations pointed out that this is the biggest step the world has taken on climate issues since the 2015 Paris Agreement. But will the new agreement help meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels? Not optimistic, I’m afraid.
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