The Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda resigns

This is a news yesterday:

The Japanese prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, announced his resignation after less than a year in office before his inability to rule by blocking the opponent in the Senate, which opens a new period of political instability in Japan.

At a press conference convened at the last minute tonight, Fukuda, 72 years and whose mandate has been marked by very low levels of popularity, said his resignation is best for Japan and his party, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) , now appointed its next president and future head of the Government of Japan.

"This was the best time to avoid a political vacuum," said a cariacontecido Fukuda, who chose this September 1, the beginning of a new political course for its surprising announcement, a month after switching to almost all its government and days after to present a million dollar package of economic measures.

Fukuda continues the fate of his predecessor, Shinzo Abe, who at the end of September 2007, resigned after just under a year at the helm of the executive, harassed by the corruption of his ministers, the rejection of the PLD apparatus and its own failure.

Fukuda and Abe also shared the good fortune of having been nominated by his party and not by the polls, because the last elected prime minister of Japan in a general election was Junichiro Koizumi in September 2005 and with a large majority.

Yasuo Fukuda, the son of former prime minister Takeo Fukuda (1976-78), has shown during his short term, despite his seniority in the complicated world of Japanese political parties and entrenched warring factions, has been unable to govern.

The Democratic Party (PD) of Ichirō Ozawa, former leader of the ruling party and main opposition leader today, has been responsible for putting it difficult from that in July won control of the Senate, which has paralyzed much any government initiative has come, to forcing early elections.

Fukuda admitted that the parliament would have caused problems "a lot of headaches" and that the opposition was "always against all my offers, especially in the most important bills."

"They needed a new political framework," Fukuda said this evening, who in his eleven months in office has seen the opposition rejected Japan's logistical support to the war against terrorism in the U.S. or the expansion of the tax on gasoline which financed the construction of roads.

There he joined his popularity levels down 30 percent so that his resignation was somewhat expected, although the timing has surprised almost everyone.

Both opposition parties and prominent business leaders have described as "irresponsible", especially as the Diet (parliament) of Japan was planning a special meeting in the middle of this month.

The PD took the opportunity to ask again the call for early elections to the House of Representatives, which, unlike the Senate comfortably dominates the government to block a majority of two thirds. The elections should in principle take place in September 2009.

(Via: Herald)

Last year by this time and I announce the resignation of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and yesterday the resignation of Yasuo Fukuda, so that in two years in Japan, in a few days will be the fourth prime minister of Japan to see .

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