JAPANESE Prime Minister Fumio Kishida assured the public that his administration has a strong sense of crisis to address political funding problems as he vowed to remove government officials involved in a slush funds scandal.
The proposed cabinet shake up will take place following reports that lawmakers in his group received tens of millions of yen in an undeclared political funds.
Most of the public officials involved were top cabinet and party posts from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s largest and most powerful faction led by assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The Prime Minister even stepped down as the chief of his faction in Japan’s ruling party last week and vowed to take necessary actions to restore public trust.
Kishida is expected to remove four Cabinet Ministers and several Deputy Ministers including new Chief of Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu who holds one of the most powerful posts in government.
The public funds allegedly went to unmonitored slush funds while implicated officials could face a possible violation of campaign election laws.
Kishida might also cancel a planned trip to Brazil and Chile next month in order to focus on solving domestic issues, as reported by the local media.
