The Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party will meet with the secretary-generals over the election cooperation in the summer House of Councilors election, which was difficult to coordinate, and the party headquarters will take the lead in making adjustments in the direction of recommending each other's candidates. Agreed on.
Prime Minister Kishida and Komeito representative Yamaguchi agreed at the meeting on the night of the 10th that the two parties would unite to respond to the situation due to the tightening situation in Ukraine, and the upper house election was difficult to coordinate. We have confirmed that we will discuss the election cooperation in Ukraine again.
In response to this, Secretary General Motegi of the Liberal Democratic Party and Secretary General Ishii of the Komeito Party met in the Diet, and the chairpersons of the election measures of both parties were also present.
Among them, the Liberal Democratic Party announced the policy of recommending the Komeito in the five constituencies of Saitama, Kanagawa, Aichi, Hyogo, and Fukuoka, where the candidates are held, and then the "one-person district" with a capacity of 32 people nationwide. I asked for the recommendation of the Komeito.
On the other hand, the Komeito also expressed the idea of accepting it, saying that it would like to make a recommendation to the Liberal Democratic Party based on the local circumstances, and both parties will take the lead of the party headquarters and give recommendations to each other's candidates. We have agreed to proceed with the adjustment.
After this, Mr. Mogi told reporters, "We can confirm that we will make mutual recommendations and we would like to cooperate at once. In the midst of the national crisis, the cooperation between the two parties must be stronger."
Mr. Ishii also said, "A system will be created to win the majority of the seats in the ruling party. There were some scenes where it was perceived that there was a draft, but it would be nice if it rained and solidified." Said.