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View all search resultsThe 42-year-old leader of surprise election winners Move Forward was the only candidate nominated on Thursday, but he faces a big challenge in securing the required backing of more than half of the 749-member bicameral parliament in a vote expected by late afternoon.
The disapproval rate rose to 58 percent from 46 percent in the previous survey in late May, after a scandal involving Kishida's eldest son and a series of technical problems with the national identity card system, according to Mainichi, which conducted the poll over the weekend.
Sunday's election, which will pave the way for the winning party or a coalition of parties to appoint the head of government, is a battle for the premiership between Gusmão and Mari Alkatiri, another resistance-era figure from the ruling party.
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