LDP Presidential Election Final Day Candidates to Increase Support Preliminary Vote Counting September 13 4:00
The LDP presidential election will be voted on the 14th.
On the 13th, the final day of the election campaign, former secretary-general Shigeru Ishiba, secretary-general Suga, and chairman of the political investigation Kishida appealed for policy on a TV debate program and worked on lawmakers who did not clarify their attitudes. I will do my best.
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was voted on the 14th, with a total of 535 votes, including 394 "members of parliament" and 141 "local votes" assigned to 47 prefectures, 3 each. It will be contested.
Of these, the Akita Prefectural Federation and the Niigata Prefectural Federation, which do not hold a primary election, will discuss how to deal with the local votes on the 12th, and will vote for Mr. Suga for all three votes.
In addition, of the 44 prefectural federations where the primary elections are held, three prefectural federations are counting the votes of the primary elections. In Yamaguchi, Mr. Suga has 3 votes, in Fukuoka, Mr. Suga has 2 votes, and Mr. Ishibashi has 1 vote. I will get it.
On the 13th, the counting of votes for the primary election will be held in 26 prefectures.
On the other hand, the three candidates attended a debate hosted by the Japan National Press Club on the 12th, and discussed the national image they were aiming for and measures against the new coronavirus.
Also, on the Internet program on the night of the 12th, regarding the state of society after the convergence of the new coronavirus,
Mr. Ishiba said, "Because the concentration in Tokyo has exceeded the limit, we should transfer authority and financial resources to local areas. However, because the regions know the most about the regions, we must fundamentally change the way the country should be and make Japan a completely different country. "
▽ Mr. Suga said, "Digitalization can shorten the distance between rural areas and urban areas, but optical fibers have not yet passed all over the country. By the end of next year, we will make it available all over the country so that we can telework wherever we live. I want to maintain it. "
▽ Mr. Kishida said, "We cannot completely return to our previous life. We must consider that a certain amount of labor will be transferred from industries that cannot cope with IT, and we will create a saucer with a new engine of economic growth. It's important to keep going. "
On the 13th, the final day of the election campaign, the three will appear on TV debate programs such as NHK's "Sunday Debate" to appeal for policy.
In addition, we will do our utmost to build up support, such as by calling individual members of the Diet who have not made their attitude clear.