Prime Minister Kishida announces that he will not run for party presidential election slush fund issue “responsible as head of organization”

8/14/2024 12:10 PM GMT+9 (some excerpts)

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a press conference on the morning of the 14th and expressed his intention not to run for the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election this fall. Prime Minister Kishida explained that it is important to show how the Liberal Democratic Party will change in the presidential election. “The easiest first step to understand is for me to step down,” he said. They resigned in September, and the Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new president.
Prime Minister Kishida mentioned the slush fund issue of the party's political fund party, and after stating that “there is no slight hesitation (hesitation) in taking responsibility as the head of the organization for the serious situation caused by affiliated members of parliament,” he said, “I want to take the lead by stepping down and move towards the presidential election.”