Japan PM woes persist before vote; party in disarray

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling bloc voted down a no-confidence motion against embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday, but chaos deepened within his party as fears grew of a historic defeat in a national election next month.

A loss for Aso's coalition in the August 30 general election would end half a century of nearly unbroken rule by the pro-business ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), struggling to revive the economy with massive stimulus spending.

The LDP's woes have raised the chances of the opposition Democratic Party taking control of the lower house and breaking policy deadlocks in parliament, where opposition parties already control the upper chamber and can delay bills.

The Democrats, trying to make the most of the LDP's falling popularity before the election, submitted a no-confidence motion in the lower house against Aso's cabinet by criticizing its economic policies.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56D13O20090714

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This is good news for the more liberal Democratic party...

[Coventina]

1. This place in inhabited by morons. I post a story that is good news

for liberals, and it gets unrecommended.

:eyes:

[Nihil]

2. Some are morons, most are not but some are definitely racists.

No coincidence that "foreign news" tends to have <0 recommends ...

(Set back to neutral again until the next troll comes along.)

[Coventina]

3. This new "un-rec" feature has really lowered my opinion of DUers

in the last few days. Not all, by any means, but there are more trolls and idiots than I ever suspected.

I mean, who "un-recs" stories about miners being rescued, kids getting organ transplants, and worst of all, the Khmer Rouge being brought to justice? Are they evil or just stupid?

I don't direct my criticism at the administrators; by providing the tool they were assuming the best of the DU community. But it sure has given a voice to the worst!!