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山中竹春前横浜市長、パワハラ辞職後出直し選出馬を表明

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パワハラ問題で辞職した横浜市の山中竹春前市長(54)は29日午前、市内で記者会見し、10月4日告示・18日投開票の横浜市長選に出直し出馬する意向を正式に表明した。これまでに新人5人が立候補を表明しており、山中氏で6人目となる。山中氏は「生活者目線の横浜を推し進めることが必要だ。いま一度誠実に市民と向き合う」と述べた。

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山中竹春氏は2021年8月の市長選で立憲民主党の推薦を受け初当選。2025年の市長選では自民、公明、立民の市議会主要3会派の支援を受け再選された。今年1月、市の現役幹部は山中氏のパワハラ行為を告発し、7月の第三者調査報告書では幹部職員に対する言動7項目をパワハラ行為と認定。山中氏は今月7日付で辞職した。

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幹部職員らへのパワハラ問題で辞職した横浜市の山中竹春前市長(54)は29日午前、市内で記者会見し、同市長選(10月4日告示、同18日投開票)に出直し出馬する意向を正式に表明した。山中氏は「生活者目線の横浜を推し進めることが必要だ。いま一度誠実に市民と向き合う」と述べた。

横浜市の山中前市長が出直し選出馬へ パワハラで辞職、29日に会見

市長選にはこれまでに新人5人が立候補の意向を表明しており、山中氏で6人目。パワハラ認定された山中氏が再び信任されるかどうかが最大の焦点となる。

山中氏は2021年8月の市長選で立憲民主党の推薦を受け初当選。25年の市長選では自民、公明、立民の市議会主要3会派の支援を受け再選された。

今年1月、市の現役幹部は山中氏のパワハラ行為を告発し、7月の第三者調査報告書では幹部職員に対する言動7項目をパワハラ行為と認定。山中氏は今月7日付で辞職した。その後、各党が新人候補の擁立に動く中、地元経済界の一部などは山中氏支援を打ち出した。

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