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Japan's Opposition Submits Draft Resolution of No Confidence in Cabinet - Reports

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TOKYO (Sputnik) - Japan's opposition has submitted a draft resolution of a no confidence vote against Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's led cabinet to the country's parliament, local media reported Friday.
The opposition cited rising prices, scandals related to the government's active implementation of a personal number system, which stipulates gathering information on health care and taxation, and a law passed by the ruling coalition in the morning to secure funding for increased military spending as reasons for the resolution.
If the resolution passes within ten days, the government must either resign or the prime minister must announce the dissolution of parliament and call new elections. However, such a course of events is ruled out as the ruling coalition has a majority in the lower house, and the resolution is guaranteed not to be passed, Japanese broadcaster reported.
On Thursday, President of the Constitutional Democratic Party Kenta Izumi said he would submit a non-confidence vote in Kishida's government on June 16. The opposition party was reportedly against forming a special fund for securing financial resources for defense needs and criticized the prime minister for abusing his powers over the right to dissolve the parliament.
Kishida responded on Thursday that he intended to keep the parliament until the end of the current regular session following the decision.
Until recently, Japanese media had been speculating about whether or not Kishida was going to dissolve the parliament. Media reported, citing Kishida, that the prime minister had no intention to dissolve the Lower House during the current session, thus effectively ending all speculations.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) answers questions during a budget committee session of the upper house at parliament in Tokyo on March 27, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.03.2023
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