In response to the announcement of the resignation of Representative Edano, the Constitutional Democratic Party wants to hold a representative election by the end of the year with the participation of party members and launch a new executive office system, and there are active movements toward supporting candidates in the future. Is expected to be.
Edano, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party, said on the 2nd that he had to go to the House of Councilors election next year with a new system in response to the failure to secure pre-election seats in the lower house election. He announced his intention to resign on the closing day of the special session of the Diet.
In response to this, the Constitutional Democratic Party plans to hold a representative election by the end of the year with the participation of party members and set a deadline while observing the Diet schedule, hoping to launch a new executive office system.
In preparation for the representative election, there are voices within the party recommending Izumi, the chairman of the political affairs investigation, who fought with Edano in the representative election last September.
In addition, Junya Ogawa, the party's vice-chairman of parliamentary measures, is eager to run for candidacy on the 2nd, aiming to secure the 20 nominees needed.
Some mid-career and young members of the Diet said, "You should choose a completely new face that does not have the image of the Democratic Party of Japan," and there is an opinion that you should be a person who can take over Edano's line to a certain extent. It is expected that the movement toward will become active.