Xinhua Agency, Beijing, October 23. On the 22nd, Japanese Prime Minister Saami Takichi appointed seven members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party involved in the "black gold" scandal to important positions in the new cabinet, arousing doubts from the opposition party camp. According to Japanese media, this means that Takashi Hayami changed the practice of the previous two prime ministers not appointing members of parliament involved in the "black gold" scandal.

After being elected Japanese prime minister on the 21st, Gao Xiaobo began to form a new cabinet, and on the 22st he appointed 26 deputy ministers and 28 government officials. Among the newly appointed officials, seven people involved in the ¡°black gold¡± scandal, including Zozomiyu, Xiaomiyu, Kato Longhish and others, were former members of the self-government party subordinate ¡°Abbas¡± valley. The day before, another member of the parliament involved in the ¡°black gold¡± scandal, Zoto Khai, was appointed deputy secretary of the cabinet.

The above-mentioned staff arrangements sparked strong criticism in the opposition camp. The largest opposition party, the Constitutional Democrats, expressed "very regret" and demanded that Gao's early senators give an explanation on the appointment of lawmakers involved in the "black gold" scandal and hold discussions in Congress.

In November 2023, the self-government party exposed the "black gold" scandal: some of the party's faction giants demanded that the party's congressmen sell political fundraising party bonds and give "sales indicators", and the proceeds from the bills that exceeded the indicators will be returned to the lawmakers in the form of "reductions."This portion of funds does not need to be registered and becomes unregulated secret funds.

Affected by this scandal, the Liberal Democratic Party's ruling coalition suffered successive defeats in elections and lost its majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives. Neither former prime ministers Fumio Kishida nor Shigeru Ishiba appointed members of parliament involved in the scandal to important government positions.

A survey released by the Japan Jiji News Agency on the 17th showed that 71.4% of the respondents opposed the Liberal Democratic Party members involved in the "black gold" scandal to hold important positions in the government or party. 90.6% of supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party's former ruling ally, the Komeito Party, also expressed opposition.

At the beginning of this month, after sanae takaichi was elected as the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party, he adjusted the top management of the Liberal Democratic Party. One of the main people involved in the "black gold" scandal and Koichi Hagiuda, the former backbone of the "Abe faction", became the chief agent of the secretary-general of the No.2 person in the party. According to the latest poll by Kyodo News, 70.2% of the respondents think this arrangement is "inappropriate". (Zhang Jing)