2023-12-24 16:34:05
Votes were counted in the Musashino mayoral election in Tokyo on the 24th following the resignation of Mayor Reiko Matsushita, and former city council member Yuko Sasaoka (37) is an independent newcomer and is supported by the Constitutional Democratic Party, Communist Party, Reiwa Shinsengumi, Social Democratic Party, and Musashino Seikatsusha Network. ) lost by a margin of 339 votes to Yasuhiro Omino (61), an independent newcomer and former city councilor nominated by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito.
Since the 2005 mayoral election, Musashino City has had a liberal government for a total of 22 years under former mayors Masasa Ogami and former mayors Reiko Matsushita. When the preliminary vote count numbers were posted and defeat was confirmed, there was a collective sigh in the office, asking, “Eh, why?”
Yuko Sasaoka talks about defeat
◆“I feel very responsible.”
After losing the match, Sasaoka looked stunned and apologized, saying, “This was simply my lack of ability.
The latest mayoral election was held in November after Naoto Suga announced that he would not run in the next House of Representatives election, and then-Mayor Matsushita resigned as Suga’s successor. Positioning himself as a candidate to succeed Matsushita, Sasaoka said, “I want to inherit and develop the city administration.” Following the trend of Matsushita, who served as mayor after serving as a member of the former Democratic Party of Japan metropolitan assembly, and Suga, who had a cooperative relationship with Matsushita’s city administration, he adopted a liberal tone.
◆ Criticism of the mayor’s throwing away
The election campaign is in the midst of an incident involving a political funding party belonging to a faction of the Liberal Democratic Party. In addition to members of the Liberal Democratic Party, non-Liberal Democratic leaders from nearby areas, including the mayors of Setagaya and Suginami wards, and the mayors of Koganei and Kodaira, came to support the move, and also criticized the LDP’s slush fund problem. However, regarding the defeat under these circumstances, Sasaoka said weakly, “While it is true that there is a headwind against the Liberal Democratic Party in national politics, this election was quite sudden and I was unable to prepare, which is why we lost, but the main reason was my lack of strength.” Told.
In response, a person close to the campaign for Mr. Omino, who won the election, said that one of the reasons for his victory was, “I feel that the criticism of Mayor Matsushita’s irresponsible throwing of the seat has reached the citizens.”
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