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DPJ executives meet with Kan to urge him to resign soon
TOKYO, June 19 Kyodo -
Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan visited Prime Minister Naoto Kan at his official residence Sunday night after deciding to urge him to resign soon, with no indication that Kan plans to step down in the short term.
Among those who visited Kan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters afterward that the 100-minute meeting produced no time frame for extending the current Diet session.
Also present were DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada, Acting President Yoshito Sengoku, who doubles as deputy chief Cabinet secretary, chief policymaker Koichiro Gemba, Diet affairs chief Jun Azumi, and upper house caucus leader Azuma Koshiishi.
The party executives gathered earlier in the day at a different location in Tokyo where they agreed to urge Kan's early resignation by explaining the current situation in parliament and also discussed extending the session beyond next Wednesday, political sources said.
The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party would allow the DPJ to substantially extend the ongoing parliamentary session, but only if Kan quits soon, LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara said earlier in the day in a TV program.
Kan is facing growing pressure to step down not only from the opposition camp but also within his own party after he said he would do so after some time to successfully survive a no-confidence motion earlier this month.
But he is apparently eager to stay on, having since launched and expressed his readiness to realize new policies such as special legislation on renewable energy and a third supplementary budget for fiscal 2011.
''There are two key phrases for me: 'never give up' and 'participatory democracy','' he said during an online dialogue with the public Sunday afternoon.
The DPJ wants to extend the 150-day regular Diet session due to end Wednesday ''until some time in the fall,'' Okada said during the same TV program in which Ishihara appeared.
The ruling party plans to formally propose extending the session on Monday, when the secretaries general of the ruling and opposition parties will meet.
Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan visited Prime Minister Naoto Kan at his official residence Sunday night after deciding to urge him to resign soon, with no indication that Kan plans to step down in the short term.
Among those who visited Kan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters afterward that the 100-minute meeting produced no time frame for extending the current Diet session.
Also present were DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada, Acting President Yoshito Sengoku, who doubles as deputy chief Cabinet secretary, chief policymaker Koichiro Gemba, Diet affairs chief Jun Azumi, and upper house caucus leader Azuma Koshiishi.
The party executives gathered earlier in the day at a different location in Tokyo where they agreed to urge Kan's early resignation by explaining the current situation in parliament and also discussed extending the session beyond next Wednesday, political sources said.
The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party would allow the DPJ to substantially extend the ongoing parliamentary session, but only if Kan quits soon, LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara said earlier in the day in a TV program.
Kan is facing growing pressure to step down not only from the opposition camp but also within his own party after he said he would do so after some time to successfully survive a no-confidence motion earlier this month.
But he is apparently eager to stay on, having since launched and expressed his readiness to realize new policies such as special legislation on renewable energy and a third supplementary budget for fiscal 2011.
''There are two key phrases for me: 'never give up' and 'participatory democracy','' he said during an online dialogue with the public Sunday afternoon.
The DPJ wants to extend the 150-day regular Diet session due to end Wednesday ''until some time in the fall,'' Okada said during the same TV program in which Ishihara appeared.
The ruling party plans to formally propose extending the session on Monday, when the secretaries general of the ruling and opposition parties will meet.
