Regarding the summer House of Councilors election, the Communist Party has decided to unify the candidates on the opposition side in 20 constituencies excluding Kagoshima, out of the constituencies where the capacity is decided to hold candidates in one constituency. We have made it clear that we will not make any further adjustments.
The Communist Party has decided to hold official candidates in 21 constituencies, while coordinating with the Constitutional Democratic Party to unify the candidates on the opposition side over 32 one-person districts nationwide. ..
At a press conference on the 2nd, Secretary General Koike said that he was making final adjustments in the direction of canceling the candidacy in the Kagoshima constituency, and revealed that he would not make any further adjustments in the other 20 constituencies. Did.
On the other hand, in the constituencies that do not support candidates, he expressed his intention to support candidates officially recognized and recommended by the Constitutional Democratic Party.
In the previous and previous House of Councilors elections, the opposition party unified the candidates in all one-person districts, and the Communist Party had only one constituency for official candidates.
"Coordination with the Constitutional Democratic Party had to be limited due to lack of policy agreement, but the basic line of changing politics through the joint struggle between the citizens and the opposition is unwavering," said Koike. rice field.