Independent member of the House of Representatives Yuta Nakamura makes his first appearance in the House of Representatives, “I will do it with my free hand” Vote for Ritmin representative Yoshihiko Noda in the prime minister nomination election: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

Hayato Nakamura (Ibaraki 7th Ward), who was first elected as an “independent with ties to the opposition” in the October House of Representatives election, made his first appearance in the House of Representatives on the 11th when its special Diet session opened.

In an interview with this newspaper before the plenary session of the House of Representatives, where the election to be nominated as prime minister is held, Nakamura said, “I came to the Diet (to the Diet) based only on the wishes of the – Senate. the local people. I will do it with a free hand.” He also emphasized the idea of ​​doing activities without participation.

Nakamura, who served two terms as an independent Ibaraki assembly member, is running for the House of Representatives, following in the footsteps of his father, Kishiro (Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan), who held the 7th Ibaraki Ward seat for several years. Although independent, he received the support of the National Diet and local assembly members of the RDP and Rengo Ibaraki, and won the only election campaign in the prefecture that was a one-on-one battle between the ruling and opposition parties .

Regarding the possibility of entering the private sector in the future, Mr. Nakamura said, “I can’t afford to cause any trouble,” as Representative Yoshihiko Noda advocates a hereditary restriction, but he said, “I don’t intend to stay independent forever. The time is right. We will consider a merger,” he explained. On the other hand, since the Ishiba administration has become a minority ruling party and the political situation is shifting, he also said, “It is better not to limit too many opportunities” as to which party he joins.

◆ Nobuyo Fukushima will represent Ritmin and Noda in the final election.

Yuta Nakamura is surrounded by supporters after winning his first election in the House of Representatives election in Koga City on October 27 (Photo by Takayuki Aoki)

In the prime ministerial nomination election held at the plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 11th, independent Yuta Nakamura cast his first and last vote for Japan’s Democratic Constitutional Party representative Yoshihiko Noda. In an interview with this newspaper, Mr. Nakamura mentioned the names of Ritsumeikan House of Councilors member Takumi Onuma (Ibaraki constituency) and Prefectural Assemblyman Junichi Tamatsukuri (Mito City constituency), saying, “( In the election of the House of Representatives) I received the friendship and support of everyone from the Ritsumeikan Prefectural Union I have to pay that debt.”

Nobuyuki Fukushima (Ibaraki 1st Ward), a member of the House of Representatives group “Yunishi no Kai,” voted for Shuji Kira, the representative of the group, in the first round. In the last election, which was an independent vote for the group, the party cast its vote for Noda, representative of the Ritsumeikan Democratic Party.

Satoshi Asano (Ibaraki 5th Ward) of the People’s Democratic Party voted for Yuichiro Tamaki as a representative in the first round, and cast an invalid vote with Tamaki’s name on it in the final election.

On the morning of the 11th, a web article in a weekly photo magazine reported on women’s issues regarding Representative Tamaki, but according to the original policy, the National Democratic Party decided to appoint Representative Tamaki in both the primary election and the election finally at the general meeting. of the members of both houses before the election to nominate a prime minister I had decided to submit. (Motonari Miyao)

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