Ichiro Ozawa, leader of Japan's largest opposition party who
offered to resign on Sunday, may retract his decision and stay as
president of Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), Kyodo News
said Tuesday.
DPJ Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama told reporters after a
meeting with Ozawa on Tuesday night that the leader said "I feel
like I have made an embarrassment of myself, but I would like to
give it one more go."
The party's executives have been urging the 65-year-old
politician to stay as chief since his sudden announcement of
resignation on Sunday.
Ozawa offered to quit the top post to "take responsibility for
causing confusion within the party" on Sunday. He has been under
criticism for not immediately rejecting a proposal from Prime
Minister Yasuo Fukuda to form a ruling coalition with the governing
Liberal Democratic Party last week.
(Xinhua News Agency November 7, 2007)
