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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Japan senior lawmaker sees PM resignation as an option Reuters - Sunday, February 27 Send IM Story Print By Linda Sieg TOKYO - A Japanese ruling party elder suggested on Saturday that Prime Minister Naoto Kan's resignation was an option to win opposition support for bills to enact a workable budget, adding to pressure on the unpopular leader as he struggles with a divided parliament. Kan, whose support ratings have sunk to about 20 percent, has already been facing pressure from inside and outside his Democratic Party either to quit or call a snap election to break a political deadlock that is keeping Japan from dealing with pressing problems including a massive public debt. "We need to put top priority on the passage of the budget and related bills over the DPJ or Prime Minister Kan," Kozo Watanabe, a supreme adviser to the DPJ, told reporters in televised comments. But he added that as long as Kan wanted to stay on, it was party members' duty to "protect" him. Rifts in Kan's own party, which deepened after powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa was indicted over funding scandals last month, have also weakened the premier's grip on power and distracted the government from dealing with policy problems. Speaking on a nationwide television programme earlier in the day, Watanabe, a veteran lawmaker, ruled out the chance of a snap election for the parliament's powerful lower house as the DPJ would be defeated at the polls, Kyodo news agency said. Sounding a theme he has raised before, Shizuka Kamei, the head of a small coalition party, the People's New Party, called for a cabinet reshuffle that would bring in opposition lawmakers as a way to break the political impasse, public broadcaster NHK reported. "Prime Minister Kan must forget the past, forge ahead and stand at the forefront of such a choice," Kamei told reporters. But DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada dismissed talk of Kan's resignation in return for opposition help with passing bills, including one to allow the issuance of deficit-financing bonds to carry out steps in the budget for the year starting in April. "The opposition has rejected the idea of such an exchange so to focus on that debate is meaningless," Okada told reporters. Analysts have suggested, however, that the second-biggest opposition party, the New Komeito, may turn amenable to a deal after nationwide local elections in April are over. The government wants to have parliament's lower house, where the DPJ holds a big majority, approve the $1 trillion 2011/12 budget on Monday, but plans to hold off on submitting related bills. The budget itself can be enacted by parliament's lower house alone. But the related bills to implement the budget require approval of the opposition-controlled upper chamber. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Japan senior lawmaker sees PM resignation as an option Reuters - Sunday, February 27 New Zealand earthquake toll at 145 dead AP - Sunday, February 27 China's coal mine deaths fall 'but still remain high' ANN - Sunday, February 27 Chinese rescuers spring into action in NZ ANN - Sunday, February 27 Chinese island sets course to crack yacht market ANN - Sunday, February 27 News Search Top Stories England down France to keep rugby Slam dream alive Discovery docks with International Space Station Discovery docks at International Space Station US billionaire Buffett ready for more takeovers Key tribes abandon Yemen president More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Oral sex linked to cancer risk Defiant Kadhafi says 'we will beat them' Dior suspends designer Galliano over anti-Semitic clash Libya live report N.Zealand says one-third of quake city faces demolition More Most Viewed » More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo! Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Entertainment Photos Yahoo! News Network Copyright © 2011 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

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