Japan's Ishiba Hints at Snap Poll if No-Confidence Motion Passed
Tokyo, Dec. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba suggested Friday that he may call a snap election for the House of Representatives if a no-confidence motion against his cabinet is passed in the all-important lower chamber of his country's parliament.
"It would be conceivable to ask the sovereign people to make judgement" if a no-confidence motion is passed, Ishiba said in a speech at an event hosted by the Research Institute of Japan, a Jiji Press affiliate.
He also said that a dissolution of the Lower House would be possible if the draft budget or important legislation is rejected by the Diet.
(2024/12/27-16:15)
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