Challenge to Fukuda
NZPA-Reuter Tokyo The secretary-general of Japan s ruling Libera! Democratic Party has received the party’s Presidential nomination in an apparent challenge to the Prime Minister (Mr Takeo Fukuda). i Mr Masayoshi Ohira, aged ;68, was nominated by a coalition of two Liberal Democratic factions whose com-) bined strength is greater) than that of Mr Fukuda’s: | wing. | The president of the Hilling party, which maintains a (tiny majority in Parliament, )is expected to become ( Japan’s next Prime Minister. ' Asked by reporters to (comment on Mr Ohira’s canI dldacy. Mr Fukuda, who is ;7,, said the party-had comimitted itself to do away (with intra-party factions, 'and said such a power struggle would eventually mislead the nation. The party’s 1.5 million n embers are scheduled to vote for their President in November primary elections. The party’s 379 members of Parliament choose between the top two candidates on December 1. Although exact figures are | not available, Mr Ohira is (believed to command 130 of (those votes, while Mr Fukuda cart count on 78.
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