The only contender of the conservative party leading the conservative party
It formalized its candidacy for the elections for the leadership of the Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP) in Japan, the former Interior Minister of Sanae Takaichi, completing the deployment of the main contenders for the succession of the resigning Premier Shigeru Ishiba. Takaichi, positioned to the right of the party, thus aims to become the first premier woman of Japan, after making his intention to the ‘Supreme Councilor’ and former Prime Minister, Taro Aso, recognized as the ‘Kingmaker’ of Japanese politics. “What is needed now is a policy capable of transforming our anxieties about life and future into hope,” Takaichi said to journalists. The 64 -year -old from Nara, in central Japan, is considered one of the favorites together with the Minister of Agriculture Shinjiro Koizumi, son of the ex premier Junichiro Koizumi. Five candidates should participate in the election of the LDP leadership of the LDP, including the head of the Yoshimasa Hayashi cabinet, the former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi and the former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi. The end of the legislature was initially scheduled for 2027, at the end of the three -year mandate of Ishiba, but was anticipated after the current premier resigned at the beginning of the month, taking on the responsibility of the electoral defeat in the elections of 20 July last in the Chamber of Councilors, which led the government coalition to lose the majority in both the classrooms of Parliament; A dynamic that had never occurred by the foundation of the party in 1955.
