Common sense tells us it's been set for Mr. Ichiro Ozawa to stay on. |
Far more than 70 percent of the people in this country ... want the Mori government to step down just as quickly as possible. |
Mr. Koizumi looked at George Bush and the Japanese people's food safety and he chose the US president. It is outrageous. |
Now is a time of crisis for our party. It is necessary to ask someone who has a lot of experience to take over and do the job. |
Now the echo of your anger toward the coalition system which centers on Mori and the Liberal Democratic Party is spreading across the whole country. |
Our party has convinced the people that we have the potential to govern, and that we are able to become the alternative party in a bipartisan system. |
People have raised expectations for leader Ichiro Ozawa. |
The government bowed to U.S. pressure and put President Bush's wishes ahead of the safety of Japanese consumers. I consider that a huge error of judgment. |
There is a 30 percent chance [that a snap election will be held]. We are preparing ourselves for a dual election. |
This is a unilateral vote without sufficient debate and discussions, and we can never approve of this. |
This was a huge miss on the part of the government. |