The Japan Restoration Party will hold a representative election to select Matsui's successor on the 14th of next month, and the election will be held on the 27th, and so far four members of the Diet are considering running.
The Japan Restoration Party held an extraordinary party convention on the 30th, and accepted the resignation of Mr. Matsui, who has been the leader for more than six and a half years. It was decided to carry out on the schedule of
Candidates must have at least 30 nominations from members of the Diet and local governments, and so far four have been recommended: Nobuyuki Baba, co-representative, Toru Azuma, former chairman of general affairs, Yasushi Adachi, member of the House of Representatives, and Mizuho Umemura, member of the House of Councillors. of parliamentarians are considering a candidacy, and the likelihood of an election campaign is increasing.
Approximately 580 members of parliament and local assembly members belonging to the party and approximately 19,000 general party members all have the right to participate with one vote per person, and how much support can be gathered from the large number of general party members. Ka will hold the key to victory or defeat.
It is the first time for the Japan Restoration Party to hold a representative election, and it is expected that the movement to become the new face of the party following Toru Hashimoto and Matsui will become full-scale in the future.