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LDP says joining coalition with DPJ would be like boarding sinking ship

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Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Nobuteru Ishihara on Sunday ruled out any chance of his party joining a grand coalition with the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).

The rumor mill has been swirling over the past two weeks about secret meetings between various executives of the DPJ and LDP concerning the formation of a grand coalition in order to get legislation on a proposed consumption tax hike enacted.

However, Ishihara said Sunday that for the LDP to join a coalition with the DPJ would be like boarding a ship that could sink at any time, TBS reported. "How can the government ask an opposition party to help when it can't even put its own house in order?" Ishihara was quoted as saying.

Speaking in Sendai, he said that a breakthrough in the political stalemate will only come when Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolves the lower house and calls a snap election.

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How about dealing with the huge debt that is going to destroy this county? Where is the strong leader to address this issue that affects everyone here. A coalition is not going to address this issue, neither is Noda. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/land-of-the-rising-sum-japans-toxic-mountain-of-debt/article2372141/

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The entire country feels like a sinking ship with the rascals in the Diet squabbling and posturing as the economy goes to ruin.

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Speaking in Sendai, he said that a breakthrough in the political stalemate will only come when Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolves the lower house and calls a snap election.

Rubbish. There's hardly any chance of the LDP getting a big enough majority in the House of Representatives to control the Diet - even if they do win they'll just end up in the same situation the DPJ are in at the moment.

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LDP is just doing to the DPJ exactly what the DPJ did to the LDP under Aso and Fukuda.

And they appear to be loving it.

And at least with the phrase "joining the DPJ now wold be like boarding a sinking ship" - he seems to be learning the joy of being in political opposition. That you get to point stuff like this out.

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A sinking ship is in far better shape than the LDP ship which sunk decades ago.

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