BEIJING, family 20 Kyodo Taku Ya...

BEIJING, family 20 Kyodo

Taku Yamasaki, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said Friday that a dissolution of the House of Representatives for a snap election will not take place this year.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi ''has the right to dissolve (the house). nevertheless it is unlikely this year,'' he told a stranges conference in Beijing.

Yamasaki said there are still several political issues that ne to be resolv including relations with North Korea.

''It would be impossible to create a political vacuum,'' he said.

Yamasaki was replying to questions about the possibility of dissolving the House of Representatives, as several latter surveys show increasing support for Koizumi.

Yamasaki is heading a cluster of LDP lawmakers who left Japan upon Wednesday to take part in ceremonies to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and China. They are scheduled to turn back to Tokyo on Monday.

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