http://www.japantoday.com/category/p...eads-to-mexico


TOKYO ―

Opposition to the cross-party agreement on two tax and social security reform bills intensified within the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Sunday as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda left to attend the Group of 20 (G20) nations in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Before leaving Japan, Noda said he hopes opposition to the bills within the party will end and that the two bills can be presented to the lower house for a vote before the current Diet session ends on Friday, NTV reported.

However, DPJ heavyweights Ichiro Ozawa and former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said the vote in the Diet must be postponed so the party can discuss it further. Both strongly oppose the bill to hike the consumption tax to 10% and have accused the government of ditching the party’s 2009 election-winning manifesto.

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It seems to me that the DPJ would be better served by having Ozawa and Hatoyama take their factions and just leave the party. This is obstructionism is silly.