Ex-LDP critics of postal privatization bills form new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former lower house speaker Tamisuke Watanuki holds a card bearing the name of a new party he formed Aug. 17 with other senior Liberal Democratic Party members who voted against postal privatization bills advocated by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. The Kokumin Shinto party includes former LDP members Shizuka Kamei, his elder brother Hisaoki Kamei, and House of Councillors member Kensei Hasegawa. They left the LDP earlier in the day.

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