Aso Elected LDP President, Set to Become Prime Minister
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary-General Taro Aso was elected president of the governing party on Monday afternoon.
Aso, 68, is expected to be elected prime minister at a Diet session to replace outgoing premier Yasuo Fukuda.
Aso defeated former LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Nobuteru Ishihara, 51, former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike, 56, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, 51, and State Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy Kaoru Yosano, 70.
In my not so humble opinion, Taro Aso is the absolute worst choice for Prime Minister. Has anyone noticed that when the LDP selects a Prime Minister, their selection ends up falling hard. However, when the country elects a PM we get great people like Junichiro Koizumi.
Japan has opted to keep the Prime Minister within the good ole boys club rather than attempting to fix what is so obviously broken.
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