| JAPAN: 49.5% back newly-inaugurated Aso Cabinet |
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Sep.26.- The newly-inaugurated Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso has the support of 49.5 % of eligible voters, while 33.4 % disapprove of it, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun poll. The figure was less than the 57.5 % support recorded immediately after the inauguration of former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's first Cabinet. The nationwide telephone opinion poll was taken Wednesday and Thursday. Of 1,847 surveyed, 1,080, or 58.5 %, gave valid answers. Asked to decide which of Aso or Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa would make a better prime minister, 54 % said they preferred Aso, compared with 26 % who plumped for Ozawa. Asked which party they planned to vote for in the proportional representation system in the next House of Representatives election, 37 % said the Liberal Democratic Party while 30 % chose the DPJ. The figures suggest Aso's personal popularity compared with Ozawa is not necessarily being reflected in voters' party preferences. Compared with other cabinets right after inauguration over the past 10 years, Aso's Cabinet was more popular than the Cabinet led by former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, which got 41.9 % support ... [ Read more ] |
