Fake E-Mail Topples Japan Opposition Party

[TomInTib]

Now HERE is honor in politics. Like night and day...


Japan's opposition party suffered a fresh humiliation Friday when its leadership resigned en masse over a fake e-mail scandal, handing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi an uncontested grip on power in his last six months in office.

The shakeup at the Democratic Party of Japan marks a new low for a party that was trounced in last September's elections.

Party leader Seiji Maehara and his lieutenants stepped down after the party's credibility was torpedoed by one of its own lawmakers, who used a fraudulent e-mail in an apparent attempt to discredit Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

"I am sorry I couldn't complete my term as leader," said Maehara, who was six months into a two-year tenure. "It is necessary for my staff to resign ... to regain the people's trust."

more:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060331/ap_on_re_as/japan_politics&printer=1;_ylt=AhwNuTY7Hd9542ngVgb_ctz9xg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-

[tanyev]

1. One fake email made public is all it took? *heavy sigh*

[mdmc]

2. much honor

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