Mayor Reiko Matsushita holds a press conference on the 9th in Musashino City, Tokyo.
Mayor Reiko Matsushita of Musashino City, Tokyo, held a special press conference at City Hall on the 9th and announced that she would submit her resignation as mayor on the 10th. In accordance with the Local Government Act, she is expected to resign on the 30th. She will run in Tokyo’s 18 wards (Musashino City, Koganei City, etc.) in the upcoming House of Representatives election as a candidate to succeed former Prime Minister Naoto Kan of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
Regarding the reason for his resignation, Mayor Matsushita explained, “While working on various issues as mayor, I experienced the barriers of the national system.I have decided to take on the challenge of national politics in order to change that.” Regarding his resignation midway through his term, he said, “I am sorry to the citizens for not being able to complete my term,” and added, “I am suddenly resigning as mayor without knowing when there will be a snap general election.” “I thought that doing so could cause confusion in the city administration,” he said, asking for understanding.
Mayor Matsushita was first elected as mayor in 2017 after working as a company employee and a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. She is the city’s first female mayor and is currently in her second term. In her past two mayoral elections, she defeated Liberal Democratic Party candidates by double scores.
As mayor, he has achieved zero child waiting lists at licensed daycare centers and free medical fees for children up to the age of 18. Meanwhile, a referendum ordinance proposed to the city council in 2021 aimed to grant foreign nationals living in the city for more than three months the same voting rights as Japanese nationals, but it was rejected by a majority.
On November 5, Mayor Matsushita announced his intention to run for Tokyo’s 18th district in the next House of Representatives election as a candidate to succeed former Prime Minister Suga. He did not say when he would resign as mayor, saying that arrangements were still being made. (Okamoto Futoshi)
2023-11-09 08:16:05
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