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Kan must meet extra budget deadline or face no-confidence vote: LDP
TOKYO, May 17 Kyodo -
Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet will likely face a no-confidence motion by the largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party if the second extra budget for fiscal 2011 is not submitted to parliament before it adjourns June 22, LDP President Sadakazu Tanigaki said Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing hostility between the ruling and opposition camps.
Tanigaki was quoted as saying during the party's executive board meeting that the budget is needed to continue supporting reconstruction efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
''We must consider presenting a no-confidence motion if public anxiety is not eased'' as a result of putting off the envisaged extra budget, Tanigaki was quoted as saying by his party's secretary general Nobuteru Ishihara.
It is the first time for Tanigaki to refer to a possible no-confidence motion against Kan's government.
All parties in the Diet voted May 2 for the first extra budget of 4.02 trillion yen, mainly aimed at building temporary homes for disaster-hit victims and clearing away piles of rubble.
The second supplementary budget is expected to focus on full-fledged reconstruction efforts.
The government, though, is unlikely to have it ready by the end of the ongoing regular Diet session unless it is extended because of differences over how to raise funds for the budget.
Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of another opposition party, New Komeito, shared Tanigaki's view, telling a press conference, ''If the Diet ends its session without passing the second extra budget, it could be one of the grounds for a no-confidence (vote).''
While Your Party showed its support over the no-confidence motion, not all in the opposition bloc agreed.
Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima were cautious, with Fukushima saying a no-confidence motion would create political vacuum at a time disaster-stricken areas are in dire need of rebuilding.
The LDP leadership is expected to decide when to submit a no-confidence motion based on moves by ruling Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers critical of their leader Kan. For the motion to be passed, the LDP needs many DPJ lawmakers to rebel against Kan.
A bipartisan group of 109 lawmakers mainly from the DPJ as well as some from the LDP decided at their meeting to collect signatures urging the central government to extend the current parliament session.
Among the attendees were many DPJ lawmakers known to be close to Ichiro Ozawa, former DPJ head and Kan's key political rival.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet will likely face a no-confidence motion by the largest opposition Liberal Democratic Party if the second extra budget for fiscal 2011 is not submitted to parliament before it adjourns June 22, LDP President Sadakazu Tanigaki said Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing hostility between the ruling and opposition camps.
Tanigaki was quoted as saying during the party's executive board meeting that the budget is needed to continue supporting reconstruction efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
''We must consider presenting a no-confidence motion if public anxiety is not eased'' as a result of putting off the envisaged extra budget, Tanigaki was quoted as saying by his party's secretary general Nobuteru Ishihara.
It is the first time for Tanigaki to refer to a possible no-confidence motion against Kan's government.
All parties in the Diet voted May 2 for the first extra budget of 4.02 trillion yen, mainly aimed at building temporary homes for disaster-hit victims and clearing away piles of rubble.
The second supplementary budget is expected to focus on full-fledged reconstruction efforts.
The government, though, is unlikely to have it ready by the end of the ongoing regular Diet session unless it is extended because of differences over how to raise funds for the budget.
Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of another opposition party, New Komeito, shared Tanigaki's view, telling a press conference, ''If the Diet ends its session without passing the second extra budget, it could be one of the grounds for a no-confidence (vote).''
While Your Party showed its support over the no-confidence motion, not all in the opposition bloc agreed.
Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii and Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima were cautious, with Fukushima saying a no-confidence motion would create political vacuum at a time disaster-stricken areas are in dire need of rebuilding.
The LDP leadership is expected to decide when to submit a no-confidence motion based on moves by ruling Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers critical of their leader Kan. For the motion to be passed, the LDP needs many DPJ lawmakers to rebel against Kan.
A bipartisan group of 109 lawmakers mainly from the DPJ as well as some from the LDP decided at their meeting to collect signatures urging the central government to extend the current parliament session.
Among the attendees were many DPJ lawmakers known to be close to Ichiro Ozawa, former DPJ head and Kan's key political rival.
