Original title: 52% of candidates for the House of Representatives election are cautious or opposed to the issue of Japan’s constitutional amendment Source: China News Network
According to a report by Kyodo News Agency, the agency conducted a policy questionnaire survey targeting scheduled candidates for the Japanese House of Representatives election. In discussing the issue of amending the constitution, as of the 17th, 52% of people were cautious or opposed to the amendment.
According to the report, 38.4% of the interviewees answered “it is necessary to step up” on discussing the issue of amending the constitution. 32.5% and 19.8% answered “no need to worry” and “against constitutional amendment, so there is no need to discuss”, respectively. The combined prudence and opposition accounted for 52.3%.
Among the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, 77.9% of the respondents believed that constitutional amendment should be stepped up, while 68.9% of the Komeito Party of Japan believed that there was no need to worry, and differences were exposed within the ruling party in Japan.
Regarding the issue of constitutional amendments, among the questions about which item should be discussed first, the answer to “incorporate the existence of the Self-Defense Forces in the constitution” accounted for the largest proportion, reaching 34.3% (except for candidates who do not need to be discussed). Among them, 84.9% of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party chose to be included in the Self-Defense Forces.
In addition, regarding whether to amend the constitution under the Kishida regime, including “relatively speaking”, 52.6% of those who chose “agree”.
According to previous reports, the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party stated in its pledge in the election campaign of the House of Representatives that it will deepen the discussion on the constitution and strive to realize the amendment of the constitution as soon as possible.
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