TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru suggested Friday that he may call a snap election for the House of Representatives if a no-confidence motion against his cabinet is passed in the all-important lower chamber of his country’s parliament.

“It would be conceivable to ask the sovereign people to make judgement” if a no-confidence motion is passed, Ishiba said in a speech at an event hosted by the Research Institute of Japan, a Jiji Press affiliate.

He also said that a dissolution of the Lower House would be possible if the draft budget or important legislation is rejected by the Diet.

JIJI Press