既定路線化する「菅首相」　政策なき権力闘争に違和感　長官番が見る総裁選

The default route "Prime Minister Suga" to face the power struggle without policy

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, who has made a sudden leap forward as the "favorite" in the election of the LDP president who virtually decides the next prime minister. "Prime Minister Suga" is turning on the default route, even though he has not announced a formal candidacy with Fumio Kishida, the chairman of the government, and former secretary-general Shigeru Ishiba, who are unable to gain support within the party.

"Is it okay for Japanese leaders to be selected according to the logic of Nagatacho? I was assigned to the Politics Department from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2017, and I have been the Secretary-General of the Cabinet Secretary since October 19th" he said in the interview. While covering the site of the presidential election for the first time, the reality of the power struggle is causing extreme discomfort for him.

In the next governor's race, the gun fired on August 28, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suddenly resigned due to worsening chronic illness. Mr. Kishida, who had been eager for "post-Abe" for a long time, was the first to attach "miso". He gave a lecture in Niigata on the day, and the party board of directors, who discusses future responses, was absent.

Source: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200902/k00/00m/010/009000c