Liberal Democratic Party Governor Election Mr. Kono Coordinating for Candidate Mr. Ishiba Discussed at Faction Meeting

The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election to select the successor to Prime Minister Suga is actively moving over candidacy.

The Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Kono is making adjustments for candidates, such as asking the Aso faction executives to which he belongs, and former secretary-general Ishiba has given cautious opinions about candidates within the Ishiba faction. Therefore, we will discuss the response at the faction meeting.

The Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Kono, who is eager to run for the LDP presidential election announced on the 17th of this month, said that the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aso, who belongs to the Aso faction, is reluctant to support him. On the day, we met with Mr. Aso and the chairman of the Amari tax system investigation and asked for their understanding.

Until the middle of this week, the Aso faction will have executives listen to their members and consider how to respond.

In addition, former secretary-general Ishiba said that the response to the presidential election was "still a blank sheet", but based on the fact that the members of the Ishiba faction lost by a large margin in the presidential election last year. , There are also opinions that are cautious about candidacy and that we should go to support Mr. Kono.

For this reason, Mr. Ishiba will listen to the opinions of his members at the faction meeting held on the 7th and discuss the response.

On the other hand, former political research chairman Kishida, who has announced his candidacy, will start calling for party supporters from the 7th after the greetings at the Diet Members' Office Building have been completed, and will develop activities to obtain party membership votes. is.

In addition, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takaichi, who has solidified his intention to run for office, appealed his political stance by inheriting and developing "Abenomics" launched by the Abe administration through appearances on TV programs from the 7th. I'm going.

Acting Secretary-General Noda will continue to call for the securing of recommenders.