Is it not time to realise that his fate, which was to be Prime Minister because of family history is what it sounds like, a farce.
It is clearly one generation too many. The annointment went wrong.
Time to move aside and leave the post to someone more deserving and less genetic.
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
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Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic party on Friday faced the possibility of a serious setback in national elections after Shinzo Abe, the embattled prime minister, failed to shore up his sagging popularity in a keenly awaited speech.
In his first policy address in the Diet, Japan’s parliament, since he succeeded Junichiro Koizumi in September, Mr Abe pledged to give priority to education, reforming Japan’s pacifist constitution, implementing a new economic growth strategy and reining in public spending.
But Mr Abe’s programme for creating a “beautiful country” with a bigger international role failed to include any big initiatives in domestic policy, regarded as his main shortcoming.
The speech was thought unlikely to trigger a recovery in Mr Abe’s approval rating, which has fallen by more than 25 points to less than 40 per cent in four months, raising the prospect of a poor performance in February’s regional elections and crucial upper house elections in the summer.
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