Japan's lower house of parliament on Thursday voted to ratify the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement and passed a related bill, despite the ever-sinking chances the pact, spearheaded by the United States, will be ratified by the U.S. following Donald Trump winning the presidential election.
The vote was held in a special plenary session convened Thursday and the trade agreement and related legislation was supported by the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito junior ally, as well as the opposition Nippon Ishin Japan Innovation Party.
However, the main opposition Democratic Party, Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party boycotted the vote, while the Japanese Communist Party voted against the legislation.
The ruling camp however were able to pass the TPP bills, even in the face of such staunch opposition, owing to its majority in the parliament's lower caucus.
But opposition was rife due to what opposition lawmakers described as "inappropriate timing" in light of the the victory of Trump, who is opposed to the TPP, in Tuesday's presidential election.
Observers here noted Thursday that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had more than intimated that no moves to ratify the deal would be made during this phase, with others reiterating the fact that both houses of Congress in the U.S. remain under Republican control following the election.
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