
A new party was formed by 18 members including Democratic Party members who left the Centrist Reform Alliance. He formed a new group called Chumichi with Komeito-affiliated politicians, totaling 47 members.
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Members of the House of Representatives from the Constitutional Democratic Party and Komeito Party who left the Centrist Reform Alliance formed a new party and formed a unified faction.
The Democratic Reform Party, a new party formed by members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan who left the Centrist Reform Alliance, announced on the 24th that it had started its activities with 18 members. On the same day, he and 29 other Komeito-affiliated members of the House of Representatives, who also left the Chumichi party, formed the House of Representatives unification group, Chumichi. The faction now has a total of 47 members, surpassing the 28 members of the National Democratic Party to become the largest opposition faction.
“Association for Democratic Reform” has registered its party, its platform follows a centrist path
Democratic Reform held its first general meeting of members of the Diet, and approved the appointment of Yuichi Goto as chairman of the National Relations Committee and Takayuki Ochiai as chairman of the Policy Research Council. Mr. Goto will be in charge of negotiations with the ruling party as the representative of the first opposition faction.
Of the 20 members of the Ritsumeikan Democratic Party who left the centrist party, Kenta Izumi, former representative of the Ritsumeikan Democratic Party, and Atsushi Oshima, former secretary-general of the Democratic Party, announced that they would not be joining the new party. However, Mr. Oshima joined the Unification Party along with So Watanabe, a member of the House of Representatives who remained centrist.
At the general meeting, Democratic Reform representative Junya Ogawa apologized for the number of defectors and appealed for unity, saying, ``We will do our best to move forward by working together as much as possible.''
Meanwhile, the Komeito Party approved the reinstatement of 28 Komeito-affiliated members at its rotating central executive meeting on the 24th. The party plans to hold a regular party conference on the 3rd of next month and launch a new system.
The new areas of influence in the House of Representatives due to the formation of the Chumichi faction are as follows.
Liberal Democratic Party/Independent Group 315, Chudo 47, Japan Restoration Party 36, People's Democratic Party/Independent Club 28, Participating Party 15, Team Mirai 11, Japan Communist Party 4, Independent 8, and Vacancy 1.
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The New Komeito Party will hold its regular party convention on the 3rd of next month and launch a new system.
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