Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's fiscal reform drive is an example of "historic misgovernment," according to former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

Mori said: "It seems like (Koizumi) does not trust the LDP. But if he attaches importance to the next two years (until his term expires in 2006), he should act more humbly."

Mori criticized Koizumi's three-pillar fiscal reform plan, which involves state subsidies, the allocation of central government revenues to local governments and the sharing of the central government's authority to collect taxes.