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Fate of postal privatization bills up in air.
(From The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri)
Fate of postal privatization bills up in air
Yomiuri
The fate of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's bills to privatize Japan Post remains unclear with the Liberal Democratic Party leadership in the House of Councillors fighting an uphill battle to win the support of LDP opponents in the upper house.
A survey of all 114 LDP upper house members released by The Yomiuri Shimbun on Saturday found that 14 still intended to vote against the bills.
A similar Yomiuri poll released on July 13 found that 17 LDP members planned to cast dissenting votes. The bills will be voted down if 18 LDP members and all opposition members vote against them.
Koizumi is standing by his threat to treat a failure of the upper house to pass the bills as a no-confidence vote against his administration that he will take to the public by dissolving the House of Representatives for a general election.
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