Ishiba picks veterans, ex-PMs as execs for divided ruling party

It hard to view Ishiba as the leader of the LDP or the nation after reading this article.

Aso and Suga appear to be the kingpins calling the shots behind the curtain.

Looks like Aso is taking full advantage of this situation and laughing at other groups that are still bickering about the election.

No surprise Suga returns

@Brian Trout

The reason Ishiba did not got elected in the past is in fact becasue he did not had much support within the LDP.

This time he got elected, but that does not mean he has all the power. Aso and Suga are the two main figures in the LDP so having them in the inner circle will asure Ishiba to have suppot for the majority of the party. I think this assigment of post is a good move, but from here on depends on how keen Ishiba is to consolidate that power.

I belive Ishiba is smart and kunning enough to consolidate his power withing LDP, and I doubt he let someone else to control the party from behind the curtains... I could be worng though, but I believe he is capable enough.

I agree with Brian.

Ishiba is not dishing out assignments. He’s a puppet following orders from Aso and Suga.

Here’s what you can expect:

….everything to continue as it has been for the past five decades in Japan.

After all, new LDP leader is picking accomplices of Abe politics that had ruined domestic democracy and had deteriorated society.

One opposition party leader pointed "even if dancer changed, choreographers are same" about LDP leader election.

Present ruling party cannot change themselves anymore.

Suga still wields significant influence over LDP members. He served as prime minister from 2020 to 2021, preceding incumbent Fumio Kishida. Suga was the top government spokesman under the country's longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

In a just society Suga would be in jail for his criminal negligence for the handling of the COVID 19 pandemic in Japan.

Telling the populace to practice 'self-reliance' while going forward with a spectator-less Olympics with him dozing off in the box seats.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/31/national/social-issues/coronavirus-homeless-help/

As other nations gave regular stimulus monies to unemployed workers, the LDP was just paying businesses to close a couple of hours earlier and not serve alcohol.

I suspect Ishiba is cut from the same cloth.

In a just society Suga would be in jail for his criminal negligence for the handling of the COVID 19 pandemic in Japan.

Actually you got the PM name wrong about "criminal negligence" is was, and always be Abe's fault.

Two words to remember: Abe-nomask! Suga got stuck with cleaning up Abe's messes!

Actually you got the PM name wrong about "criminal negligence" is was, and always be Abe's fault.

Two words to remember: Abe-nomask! Suga got stuck with cleaning up Abe's messes!

I would actually agree with you on that point but Suga was complicit.

Election Oct 27.

@wallace

I trust you know that election in Japan does not elect the prime minister.

I think you know... just to be sure

The crony club of untouchables.

Daniel Neagari

I trust you know that election in Japan does not elect the prime minister.

> I think you know... just to be sure

General Election. All hands to the deck.

General Election. All hands to the deck.

There is so many confused or lacking information people around that i had to ask.

My apologies if my question made you feel unconfortable.

Does the Japanese electorate not trust younger politicians? Surely a 79-year-old has passed his prime and become stuck in the past. Japan could try having some 40-50 year olds in government, hopefully, they would have had experience in other businesses other than being lifelong politician's all being in the same frame of mind and the same club.

On more than one occasion PM Ishiba has extolled the people to ‘follow the rules’

Well, Yoshihide Suga has been a prime example of one who has not followed ‘the rules’

Does Ishiba believe the lie or the truth?

The veterans he picked must be very old by now. I guess if they are able to do the job, it's OK, but it sort of seems like elder abuse. There are probably more ex-PMs than surviving veterans. Ishiba is no dummy and surely has a plan that will take Japan back to the forefront of the world. Our future looks bright,

the headline says it all.

the same old people will do the same old thing because that’s all they know.

So what is Aso Taro’s position?

appointed two influential former prime ministers -- Taro Aso as adviser and Yoshihide Suga as vice president.

oh look.

the same old ish.

surprise surprise

expect no changes and the continuation of corruption, as usual.

@shogun36: "the same old ish. surprise surprise. expect no changes and the continuation of corruption, as usual."

teo, too true. same old same old. absolutely nothing will change, including the downward slope of everything: standard of living, new babies, happiness

Such a strange photo. Nothing on the table. Is there some symbology to this? A clean start?

Already changing on his election promise. Just last week Ishiba said on TV that his priority would be to pass a supplementary budget for the Noto Penninsula disaster, but once again, LDP politics takes priority over the real livelihood of the citizens.

Such a strange photo. Nothing on the table. Is there some symbology to this? A clean start?

No, it means he Hasn’t Got A Clue.

Ishiba' unspoken plan could be that LDP would lose the coming general election because it is the only possibility of reforming the party which has all aging veterans and confusion. To him the party appears in uncontrollable conditions with no rules caused by Abe. Ishiba has no ambition to stay in the PM chair but has one single responsibility of protecting Japan and the people.

Obviously Japan has to be drastically reformed as in Meiji Ishin.