Independence: Japan election: Shinzo Abe calls snap vote and dissolves lower house of parliament
As usual, an extraordinary Diet session will be held on Sep 28th. But Abe is planning to declare the dissolve at the beginning of the session. Following the declaration, a general election will be conducted.
Abe said that planned consumption tax hike would be used for child education instead of social security. He claims that this policy change will be judged by citizens, and he named this dissolve as a solution to the national crisis.
Abe's intention is guessed by several people. Opposing Democratic Party criticizes his decision as irresponsible for the current situation in which North Korea and the US is in the tense. According to Democratic Party, Abe intends to avoid criticism on Moritomo Gakuen and Kakei Gakuen, which are suspected to have been built under an illegal process of the intervention by the government.
On the contrary, Soichiro Tahara, a famous journalist, commented that Abe worries about the military intervention of the US to North Korea. If the US and North Korea begin to fight, Japan will face an extremely difficult situation. According to Tahara, Abe intends to stabilize the diet for the wartime.
In reality, the current situation is quite advantageous for ruling Liberal Democratic Party because opposing Democratic Party is in the chaos. Abe's decision is quite rational as a ruler to extend the life of the administration. I think his intention is rather simple.
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