The Democratic Party of Japan and three other opposition parties jointly submitted a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet in the lower house Monday, while a censure motion against Aso is also submitted to the upper house in the day.
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Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso attends a meeting with his cabinet members and coalition party members at the premier's official residence in Tokyo July 13, 2009. Aso is expected to call a general election for August 30, a ruling official told reporters on Monday. [Xinhuanet.com] |
The three other parties are the Japanese Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party and the People's New Party.
The resolution is expected to be voted down in the plenary session of the lower house on Tuesday, where the ruling coalition holds a comfortable majority, while the opposition-controlled upper house is highly likely to approve the motion.
The opposition camp plans to stop working with the ruling coalition on all Diet deliberations once the nonbinding censure motion is adopted, Kyodo News quoted officials in the camp as saying.
Aso formally announced to reporters Monday evening that he will dissolve the lower house "early in the week beginning July 21 and hold a general election on Aug. 30."
(Xinhua News Agency July 14, 2009)
