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▼ Hosono Leaving DP to Create New Party
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TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Former Democratic Party Deputy President Goshi Hosono informed fellow party members on Friday that he intends to leave the top opposition party and aims to form a new political party.
Hosono, a House of Representatives lawmaker, revealed his plans at a meeting of the group of about 15 DP lawmakers to which he belongs.
Party members close to him tried to persuade him not to leave, but
Hosono told reporters that his will is “unshakeable.”
Hosono, 45, is a leader among middle-ranking and young DP members. He once ran in a leadership election of the former Democratic Party of Japan, the core predecessor of the DP.
His departure would deal an additional blow to the DP, which is seeking to regroup through a party leadership election slated for Sept. 1 to pick the successor of President Renho. She announced last week her intention to give up the party’s top post to take the blame for party turmoil following its dismal showing in the July 2 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election.
Hosono, a conservative politician, had been widely considered a key future candidate for DP president.
As reasons for his decision to leave the DP, Hosono suggested to reporters that he is unhappy with the objections of the DPJ and the DP to security-related laws, which came into force in 2016, and with the party leadership’s cautious stance on constitutional amendments.
“I want to create again a system in which two major political parties will compete for power,” Hosono said. “I’m leaving the party with a determination to launch a new governing party.”
In April, he announced in a monthly magazine a personal proposal for constitutional amendments. Soon afterward, he resigned as party deputy president because the leadership remained cautious about revising the national charter.
Hosono is also negative about the idea of the party cooperating in elections with the Japanese Communist Party.
He sounded positive about working with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who effectively heads Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites first group) regional party. “I’d like to explore many possibilities,” he said.
Hosono, a House of Representatives lawmaker, revealed his plans at a meeting of the group of about 15 DP lawmakers to which he belongs.
Party members close to him tried to persuade him not to leave, but
Hosono told reporters that his will is “unshakeable.”
Hosono, 45, is a leader among middle-ranking and young DP members. He once ran in a leadership election of the former Democratic Party of Japan, the core predecessor of the DP.
His departure would deal an additional blow to the DP, which is seeking to regroup through a party leadership election slated for Sept. 1 to pick the successor of President Renho. She announced last week her intention to give up the party’s top post to take the blame for party turmoil following its dismal showing in the July 2 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election.
Hosono, a conservative politician, had been widely considered a key future candidate for DP president.
As reasons for his decision to leave the DP, Hosono suggested to reporters that he is unhappy with the objections of the DPJ and the DP to security-related laws, which came into force in 2016, and with the party leadership’s cautious stance on constitutional amendments.
“I want to create again a system in which two major political parties will compete for power,” Hosono said. “I’m leaving the party with a determination to launch a new governing party.”
In April, he announced in a monthly magazine a personal proposal for constitutional amendments. Soon afterward, he resigned as party deputy president because the leadership remained cautious about revising the national charter.
Hosono is also negative about the idea of the party cooperating in elections with the Japanese Communist Party.
He sounded positive about working with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who effectively heads Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites first group) regional party. “I’d like to explore many possibilities,” he said.
- August 5, 2017
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