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Mon, 06/01/2009 - 09:21
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Hatoyama hints at submitting censure motion against Aso+



TOKYO, May 31 Kyodo -
Opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama indicated Sunday his
party may submit a censure motion or nonconfidence motion against Prime
Minister Taro Aso, if the premier opts to forgo a general election until
August.

''We will discuss (the possibility of a censure motion) with the party
leadership when it reaches a critical stage,'' Hatoyama told reporters in
Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture.
Within the DPJ, the largest opposition party, lawmakers have floated a strategy
of pressing Aso to dissolve the House of Representatives by adopting a censure
motion against Aso at the opposition-controlled House of Councillors if he
refuses to dissolve the lower house after passing key legislation bills.
Hatoyama also criticized a series of recent remarks by senior lawmakers of the
ruling Liberal Democratic Party backing the idea of holding a general election
in August.
''As the extra budget for fiscal 2009 was enacted, the government could do all
they wanted to,'' he said. ''There is plenty of time to dissolve the House of
Representatives and hold a general election. There is no logical reason to
postpone it until August.''
The lower house election must be held by October, as terms of its members are
set to expire Sept. 10.
==Kyodo
2009-05-31 21:15:34

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