Former Japan Leader Criticizes Kishida, Says Party Needs Change
- LDP members worried they may lose election, Suga says
- Kishida’s support falls to new low in Yomiuri survey
Yoshihide Suga
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Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s poor handling of a ruling party slush fund scandal has triggered mistrust among voters, his predecessor said in an interview Sunday, adding a sense of change would be needed at an upcoming party leadership election.
“A lot of people are suspicious over the fact he hasn’t mentioned his own responsibility,” Yoshihide Suga, who remains a lawmaker with the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said in the video interview with the Bungei Shunju magazine. “It’s important to convey the sense that the LDP has changed” in the party leadership vote, he added.