The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was announced on the 17th, and four people, former political research chairman Kishida, Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Kono, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takaichi, and acting secretary-general Noda, will run for office.
A full-scale debate will begin on issues such as measures against the new coronavirus and economic policy toward the ballot counting on the 29th of this month.
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election to select the successor to Prime Minister Suga will be announced on the 17th.
In addition to former Political Survey Chairman Kishida, Minister of State for Regulatory Reform Kono, and former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Takaichi, Acting Secretary-General Noda announced his candidacy on the 16th, and the composition will be a battle between four people.
This is the first time that multiple women have run for the presidential election.
Candidates will be accepted at the party headquarters from 10 am on the 17th.
Then, in the afternoon, a witness speech and a joint press conference will be held at the party headquarters, and a full-scale debate will begin.
In the election campaign, issues such as measures against the new coronavirus, which continues to spread, the state of society after the infection has subsided, economic and financial policies, energy policy, and diplomatic and security policies are expected to become issues.
On the other hand, each faction in the party is going to postpone the unification of candidates supported by many factions except the Kishida faction led by Mr. Kishida, and each camp is going to have as many members as possible from each faction. We are planning to strengthen our efforts to gain the support of.
In this presidential election, party members and friends from all over the country voted for the first time in three years. It will be contested.
Voting for parliamentarians will take place at a hotel in Tokyo on the 29th of this month, and will be counted on the spot along with the party membership vote, which will be closed by the 28th of the previous day.