Hashimoto -- who returns from a 10-day Latin American tour on Saturday -- must call polls by mid-1997 , and has repeatedly said he would not call an early general election .
<response> <person>Hashimoto</person> -- who returns from a 10-day <misc>Latin American</misc> tour on Saturday -- must call polls by mid-1997 , and has repeatedly said he would not call an early general election . </response>