Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly Speaker Isao Kurauchi said on August 17 that he intends to step down around the September session. Sources said he plans to resign after the assembly establishes a third-party committee to examine allegations of cash payments and passes a political ethics ordinance. A proposed resolution recommending his resignation did not reach a vote after a motion by an LDP member to halt proceedings passed by a majority. Governor Seitaro Hattori declined to assess the assembly’s decision and called for prompt fact-finding and reform. Source: TNC News / KBC News / RKB News
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