Three members of the House of Councilors from a private trade union who are independent will soon join the Democratic Party for the People.
The members of the Democratic Party for the People's Democratic Party are all elected by the proportional representation of the House of Councilors, and are three members of the Union-affiliated labor union, Tetsuji Isozaki and Makoto Hamaguchi from the Confederation of Automobiles, and Asami Tamura from the UA Zensen. is.
The three belonged to the former Democratic Party for the People, but when the current Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People were born in September last year, they did not join either party because they wanted to determine the policies of both parties, and they have been working independently. I did.
About half a year later, the Democratic Party for the People decided to join the party because it had a closer stance, and decided to submit a notification of joining the party soon.
If three people join the party, the total number of members of the Democratic Party for the People will be 19 in both Houses of Representatives.