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This quote is just one of 9 total Richard Gibbs quotes in our collection. Richard Gibbs is known for saying 'Failure to push the budget through could be the straw that breaks Mori's back.' as well as some of the following quotes.
It's certainly not too soon to speculate on a successor to Mori and I'd rate Hashimoto a 40 percent chance of taking the job.
It's unclear whether he would be as committed (as Hashimoto) and as forceful on fiscal consolidation. Hashimoto has a past record to go on. So for Koizumi, there's a question mark there as well.
Koizumi is being seen as more of a reformist, which plays well with the urban voting blocs, ... But regional factional support seems to be with Hashimoto, and also there's an issue with him on the fiscal reform and debt-restructuring front.
This quote is just one of 9 total Richard Gibbs quotes in our collection. Richard Gibbs is known for saying 'Failure to push the budget through could be the straw that breaks Mori's back.' as well as some of the following quotes.