Candidates opposing Ito Mayor Maki Takubo dominated the 20-seat assembly of the city in Shizuoka Prefecture in a closely watched election Sunday, raising the possibility of the mayor losing her job through a fresh motion of no confidence.
Of the 20 new members of the Ito city assembly, which was dissolved by the mayor last month, 19 have expressed their intentions to support a second no-confidence motion against her, likely to be passed at an extraordinary assembly session to be convened Oct. 31. Takubo has been accused of falsifying her education background.
All 18 former assembly members who ran in Sunday's poll were reelected. "We will pass a no-confidence motion again at an extraordinary assembly session and bring back stable city administration," Hiromichi Nakajima, the former head of the assembly told reporters Sunday night.
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