Liberal Democratic Party chairman Yamaguchi has decided not to run for the next House of Representatives election by autumn.
Until the election, I would like to serve as the chairman of the election campaign committee.
Liberal Democratic Party chairman Yamaguchi told NHK on the night of the 3rd, "Members of the House of Representatives should work in the best condition, and I thought that it was a break considering age," he said by autumn. He announced his intention not to run for the next House of Representatives election.
On the other hand, I would like to hold my current position until the election, considering that there are still single-member constituencies in the party that need to be adjusted for candidates for the lower house election.
Mr. Yamaguchi is 72 years old with seven elections in the Saitama 10th district of the House of Representatives.
Like Prime Minister Suga, he was elected for the first time in the 1996 House of Representatives election, served as Deputy Minister of the Cabinet Office and head of the party's organizational movement headquarters, and became chairman of the election measures committee with the inauguration of the Suga administration in September last year. did.
I am the secretary-general of the Takeshita faction of the Liberal Democratic Party to which I belong.
Mr. Yamaguchi will hold a press conference soon and formally announce his intention not to run for candidacy.