“Aren’t you excuse me?” Japan’s star lawmaker who made Suga’bounce’ Prime Minister

Member of the House of Councilors Renho (54), who is in charge of representing Japan’s first opposition party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, faced an unexpected “counterattack” during an onslaught against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the National Assembly on the 27th of last month. When the Prime Minister’s response to and response to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) was violently investigated in a quick-fire manner, Prime Minister Suga, who could not stand it, began to “sick”. On the Internet, there are mixed criticisms that Rep. Renho’s inquiries on the day were “cool inside” and “not too polite”.

At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on that day, Rep. Renho pressed Prime Minister Suga, citing the fact that 29 corona19 confirmed patients died in their homes or nursing homes without being hospitalized as the medical system collapsed.

Prime Minister Suga, who was expressionless at Rep. Renho, shooting with a high tone, was amazed.

Prime Minister Suga’s remarks applauded LDP lawmakers, and Rep. Renho said, “I’m not denying that I work with all my might. But I wanted to say that there wasn’t enough effort to make it known,” and hurriedly ended the inquiry.

Rep. Renho is a’star politician’ representing the Japanese opposition party. Born to a Taiwanese father and a Japanese mother, he was elected to the House of Councilors in 2004 after working as a model and newscaster. The Democratic Party’s regime, which was launched in 2010, attracted attention when he was selected as the Minister of Administrative Reform at the age of his early 40s. He served as the party leader of the Democratic Party, the predecessor of the Constitutional Democratic Party.

Although it gained popularity for its excellent speech skills and communication skills, it is also said to be “too aggressive”. At the time of the Democratic Party’s rule, he led the’Budget Redistribution (Shawake)’ project, earning the nickname’Queen of Shiwake’. “I will make Japanese supercomputers the best in the world”, instructing the relevant managers to cut their budgets and questioning “Why should I be the best in the world? Shouldn’t I be the second place?”

After becoming a member of the opposition party, he played the role of a “sniper” to trouble the LDP politicians, including former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whenever inquiries were made. In particular, he fought several times with Prime Minister Abe. In March 2017, when he questioned the Moritomo Academy scandal involving Abe and his wife and asked, “Why do you think the people are so interested in this matter?” In the meantime, there was a debate close to an argument.

Rep. Renho’s style of querying like this is already widely known, but the voices of criticism are relatively large for this sermon. Even though Prime Minister Suga, who was driven by the defensive attitude, consistently responded with a’low posture’, it was pointed out that “Isn’t it too severe” and “there is no minimum respect” about his weaknesses.

Rep. Renho also admitted that his attitude was excessive, saying, “I always reflect on my thoughts, but because my thoughts are so strong that I even follow my tone.”

However, some criticized and discussed his personal life, such as the divorce of Congressman Renho, and faced a headwind. Former Congressman Atsushi Onita, a former professional wrestler politician, wrote on Twitter after the National Assembly ended that day, “Prime Minister Suga is also having a hard time, but (Rep. Renho’s) husband seems to have a harder time. “I didn’t know that Senator Renho was divorced,” he apologized two days later.

Tokyo = Correspondent Lee Young-hee [email protected]