JUN. 14, 2011 - 02:30PM JST
TOKYO —
Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday showed his desire to stay in power for some time, despite mounting pressure for him to step down as early as this month.
Kan told a Diet session that he will not resign before working out a bill outlining the direction of reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the second extra budget for fiscal 2011 and a bill to promote the use of renewable energy.
The bill aimed at introducing a system for the purchase of electricity generated by renewable energy, such as solar and wind, at fixed prices by utilities was submitted to the House of Representatives on April 5. But it has yet to be debated by lawmakers in the Diet.
Kan’s Democratic Party of Japan is asking opposition parties to start deliberating the bill together on Thursday. But the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party has said it has no plans to cooperate with any government-sponsored bill while Kan is in office.
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