Shinzo Abe’s party won an overwhelming majority in the upper house.
The ruling party of Japan and its coalition partner, by winning more than 75 seats out of 125 seats in the upper house of this country, strengthened their control over this institution.
Local media announced on Monday morning that Japan’s ruling party, together with its ally, won enough votes to form an overwhelming majority in the House of Councilors (Upper House) elections held a few days after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. brought.
The Liberal Democratic Party – which was led by Abe when it was headed – and its coalition partner Komito strengthened their grip on more than 75 of the 125 upper house seats.
According to AFP, these two parties are part of the two-thirds majority that wants to amend the country’s pacifist constitution in order to strengthen its military role on the world stage; This was Abe’s long-standing goal.
Even before the assassination of the former Japanese prime minister, the LDP and Komito were expected to strengthen their majority in the House of Councillors, according to the report, although the final number of seats will be scrutinized for signs of whether the attack boosted their support. will take
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told NHK: “I think it is important that we were able to complete the elections. “We must never allow violence to suppress speech.”
Japanese media also reported that despite Abe’s assassination, turnout was low at 52 percent.
It was on Friday that the former prime minister of Japan was the target of an assassination attempt during an election speech in the city of Nara, and he died after a bullet hit the right side of his neck.
