In preparation for the summer House of Councilors election, the Communist Party's chairman, Kazuo Shii, has announced that he will focus on peaceful diplomacy that makes use of Article 9 of the Constitution and measures to protect people's lives from rising prices.
The Communist Party chairman, Kazuo Shii, announced at a press conference on the 19th the two pillars of his policy to focus on the summer House of Councilors election.
The first pillar is the development of peaceful diplomacy that makes use of Article 9 of the Constitution. I'm trying to make it.
He criticized the Liberal Democratic Party's claim to amend Article 9 of the Constitution, saying, "We will take advantage of the crisis and promote the creation of a'country of war'," and will stop the party by making a leap forward.
The other pillar is measures to protect people's lives from rising prices, such as urgently reducing the consumption tax rate to 5%, taxing internal reservations of large companies, and raising the minimum wage to 1500 yen per hour with the tax revenue. Is included.
The Communist Party has decided to put together a commitment to the House of Councilors election, including these policies, in the near future.