- Nomination of the
Prime Minister was performed at the plenary sessions of the House
of Representatives and the House of Councilors, and Mr. Junichiro
Koizumi was elected as the 87th prime minister today. Although
the image of a change -- the lineup of the new Cabinet appoints
many ladies, young men, and civilians -- was directed as hard
as possible, neither the constitution of the Liberal Democratic
Party politics nor the character of the coalition government
right necessarily changed.
- Although the three
governing parties supporting the Koizumi Administration performed
a policy agreement which postponed conflicting points, such as
the revision of the constitution and the Yasukuni Shrine official
visit, this is the product of the compromise to maintain the
framework of the coalition government.
- The important challenges
which this Cabinet has to tackle urgently are establishment of
the business stimulating measures towards the prolonged depression,
and an employment problem and the social security policy about
which the people can feel easy, education, an environmental problem,
etc.
Although Mr. Koizumi repeated "reform" through the
LDP presidential election, the contents are abstract and ideological
and are lacking in concreteness.
RENGO firmly gazes Prime Minister Koizumi's general policy speech
planned on May 7, and future concrete policy presentation and
execution processes, and considers future correspondence.
- Our attitude over
political power is decided by what policy is implemented concretely.
RENGO does its best succeedingly towards the policy realization
for life-of-the-people stability, such as employment and social
security policies, while it asks the new Cabinet for enforcement
of a the Government and Labour Meeting, and resumption of the
tripartite employment policy meeting immediately.
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