Liberal Democratic Party aims to consolidate with proportional reduction of 31%, focus of response by the People's Democratic Party and Restoration

On the 27th, nine ruling and opposition parties held working-level consultations in the Diet regarding the review of the House of Representatives election system. The Liberal Democratic Party formally presented a ``compromise plan'' that includes reducing the number of proportional representatives by 31, and asked each party to express their support or disapproval at the next meeting on the 28th. The Democratic Party of Japan praised the LDP's proposal, and the Japan Restoration Party also showed a flexible stance. The focus will be on the decisions of both parties.

The proposal proposed by former Liberal Democratic Party Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki includes the proportional reduction of 31 seats announced at the previous meeting on the 22nd, and changing the seat distribution system to a ``modified Sun-Lag system'' that is relatively advantageous to small and medium-sized parties, as well as two additional points: (1) merging the proportional Chugoku and Shikoku blocs into 10 national blocs, and (2) enabling a proportional unified list system. These two points were sought by the People's Democratic Party.

The ruling and opposition parties aim to reach an agreement on a proposal to revise the House of Representatives election system by the end of this month, and the Liberal Democratic Party is aiming to settle on a compromise plan.