Japan’s parliamentary scheduling committee could not agree on holding a vote to select the next prime minister on Oct. 21, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) proposed the date but opposition parties disagreed, citing ongoing discussions across parties, Kyodo reported. The committee will continue to discuss the schedule, it added.

The LDP chose Sanae Takaichi as its new leader earlier this month after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba decided to resign both as LDP president and premier following a series of election losses.

But Takaichi’s path to becoming Japan’s first female prime minister has become murkier after the LDP’s longstanding partner Komeito left the coalition last week, opening up the possibility of a premiership from an opposition

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