Two days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the elections, which all parties had unanimously defended, have proceeded normally.
Japan voted this Sunday in the upper house of the National Parliament by-elections, two days after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during an electoral act, which did not alter the course of the elections. Election day passed without incident.
As predicted, the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) of the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, and his partner in the ruling coalition, the Komeito, will receive more than half of the seats in the upper house.
Now taking part in an election in the shadow of Abe’s murder remains to be seen. All games defended in unison the holding of the elections despite the trauma caused by the crime. “Elections are the pillar of democracy and democracy must be defended,” Kishida said on Friday.
“We must not give in to violence and that is why we will continue to conduct the election campaign to the end. I hope the people of Japan will think about it and work hard to protect our democracy,” said the prime minister.
Police continue to investigate the motives of the alleged killer, identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, who confessed to authorities that he had decided to attack Abe because of his alleged ties to a religious organization that had caused family problems for the suspect.
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Source: EITB
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