The professor of sociology at Musashi University of Tokyo Angelo Ishi declared, this Friday (8), in an interview with CNN that the opposition will be harmed in the elections to the upper house of Japan, which take place on July 10, after the death of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was in the government.
“We are going to have an important parliamentary election tomorrow [horário local]. I predict that the opposition will be hurt. Abe, as everyone knows, was the great charismatic leader of the PLD, the ruling party. This all-national commotion, which is happening around Abe’s death, will certainly favor concretely, in terms of votes, the ruling party”, explained Ishi.
“Regardless of this immediate future, for the next elections, and for the way politicians take to the streets to make their campaign speeches, it will certainly be necessary from now on a level of security that until now was unimaginable, was considered unnecessary in the case of the Japan,” he continued.
According to an election poll released on July 4, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) is expected to win about 60 seats, up from the 55 seats it currently holds, according to a survey by the Nikkei business newspaper over the weekend.
A total of 125 seats are up for grabs, making 63 seats a simple majority.
Death of Shinzo Abe
The information was confirmed by the medical team at the Nara University Hospital of Medicine, where the former premier was hospitalized. At a press conference, the team leader reported that he was pronounced dead at 5:03 pm local time (5:03 am Brasília time).
The bullet that hit Abe was deep enough to hit his heart and he arrived at the medical center without vital signs, the hospital official said.
The Nara Fire Department told Reuters that the former prime minister suffered a cardiac arrest before being taken to Nara Medical University Hospital.
According to Professor Ishi, “here everyone takes to the streets with the assumption that you will not be the target of such a thing, whether you are a politician like Abe or an ordinary citizen.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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