On the 28th, a volunteer member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party told Secretary-general Motegi and others about the "10 increase and 10 decrease" to change the number of small election districts in the lower house election. I offered to start the discussion as soon as possible.
In order to correct the so-called one-vote gap, the government is proceeding with the work of "10 increase 10 decrease" to change the number of single-member constituencies in the lower house election based on the law, but the number of local elected members from the ruling and opposition parties will decrease. There are voices of concern about this.
Under these circumstances, former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Ishida of the Liberal Democratic Party, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato, and other members of the House of Representatives met one after another with members of the party executives, including Secretary-general Motegi, and made an offer to review the election system. ..
In addition to "10 increase and 10 decrease", there are doubts about the current system in which candidates who lost in the single-seat constituency are revived and elected as proportional representatives, and they are requested to start discussions within the party as soon as possible. The opposition party also requested that they respond, saying that they were proposing to set up a forum for discussions in order to review the election system in the future.
In response, Mr. Mogi responded, "The current system has been in place for a quarter of a century, and we take the offer very seriously."
Mr. Ishida told reporters, "We have received the support of 155 members of the House of Representatives in the party for the drastic revision of the system. We would like to keep an eye on future developments."