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Eto files permission to rejoin LDP
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Seiichi Eto KYODO PHOTO
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Former House of Representatives member Seiichi Eto filed for permission on Feb. 27 to rejoin the governing Liberal-Democratic Party after he was purged in 2005 by then Prime Minister and LDP President Junichiro Koizumi for opposing his postal privatization scheme, LDP lawmakers said.
If accepted, Eto, a former senior vice minister of health, labor and welfare, is expected to run on the LDP ticket in the proportional representation block in this summer's House of Councilors election.
The Japan Times Weekly: March 3, 2007 (C) All rights reserved
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