Earlier Sayaka Ichii ran for election to the Senate. (online photo)
Japan’s Senate confirmed that former member of the idol girl group “Morning Musume” Sayaka Ichii will resign as a member of the House of Representatives, becoming the shortest-term member of parliament in history, after serving for just one day. The reason is that she only lost when she ran for proportional representation in 2019. However, Genki Sudo, another former entertainer and martial artist who originally won the election, took part in the House of Representatives by-election earlier, and Ichirai was later However, because she had already announced that he was withdrawing from politics and had resigned.
Sayaka Ichii actually participated in the proportional representation election of the Senate with the Cadet Party as early as 2019. In the end, she was not elected because she came late in the rankings, and later announced her retirement from politics. However, because Genki Sudo, another LiDP representative elected at the time, will participate in the House of Representatives by-election to be held this weekend, Ichikai will be replaced. Although Ichijing has long stated that she has no intention of being elected, due to the dissolution of the Liberal Democratic Party due to the reshuffle of the opposition in 2020, she cannot be removed from the electoral list at that time, which means he can’t. refused to be elected, so she can only resign after being elected.
As a result, Ichijing was elected senator today (26th), and his resignation was accepted on the same day, becoming the shortest term senator in history. The mayor will still receive a daily salary of 76,000 yen (about HK$3,813.9) as a member of parliament The Liberal Democrat Party said the mayor will donate the relevant money to non-profit organizations that support childcare. The position of city councilor will be handed over to another artist later in the process, the band’s representative Masaka Okumura.
The original article was published on AM730
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