On the afternoon of October 30, DPJ Acting President Naoto Kan held a press conference at party headquarters and presented his views on the political stance of Prime Minister Taro Aso who continues to delay the dissolution of the House of Representatives.

Following the announcement by the Prime Minister that he would not dissolve the House of Representatives and hold a general election for the time being, Kan noted that this decision had been taken only because the Prime Minister got scared by the results of recent opinion polls. Kan accused the Prime Minister of repeating the same mistakes as his 2 predecessors who were unable to show leadership and abandoned their position because they were running away from a general election. He said that the current administration will "rapidly descend to lame-duck status".

On the government's additional economic stimulus measures, Kan, after first pointing out that he had only heard a summary of the government's proposals, noted "the largest problem is that the government plans to wastefully spend large amounts of the so-called buried treasures, without addressing current wasteful spending." He emphasized the difference between the government plans and those of the DPJ, which under the "5 pledges" is committed to spending a portion of the "buried treasures" over a 4-year term but only after completely revising current wasteful spending structures. He said that the DPJ proposal would result in the money being used to open up the future in a process he likened to the transition between Japan's feudal and modern period. He said, "Our hopes and plans for the future are completely different [to those of the ruling coalition]."