Democratic Party of the People decides on proportional 19 reduction proposal, House of Representatives holds vote for and against LDP proposal

On the 26th, the Democratic Party of Japan compiled its own proposal to reduce the number of members of the House of Representatives (465) by reducing the number of proportional representatives by 19. While holding off on whether to approve or disapprove of the proportional 31 reduction that the Liberal Democratic Party presented to each party as a ``compromise plan,'' the party approved the proportional reduction itself. It is expected that adjustments between the ruling and opposition parties will continue.

Reduction in the number of seats in the House of Representatives, the Democratic Party of the People collects opinions at the beginning of the week and evaluates it as a “proportional 31 reduction”

The decision was made at a joint meeting of the National Democratic Party's Headquarters for Promotion of Political Reform and Administrative Reform. It is said to be based on the population decline rate from the 2015 and 2025 censuses. After the meeting, Acting Representative Motohisa Furukawa told reporters, ``As a painful decision, we accept only a proportional reduction.'' The party left the future response to Mr. Furukawa.

Meanwhile, Hirofumi Yoshimura (Governor of Osaka Prefecture), representative of the Nippon Ishin no Kai, reiterated at the government-ruling party liaison meeting on the 26th, ``The main point is to reduce the number of seats by 10% to the 45 seats agreed upon in the coalition government agreement.'' Regarding the Liberal Democratic Party's proposal, he told reporters, ``I would like to carefully consider the opinions of the opposition parties and judge it as a Meiji Restoration proposal.''