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 Japan’s 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 the people were cautious or opposed to amending the constitution.
According to the report, 38.4% of the interviewees answered “it is necessary to step up” on discussing the issue of amending the constitution. Those who answered “No need to worry” and “I oppose constitutional amendment, so there is no need to discuss” accounted for 32.5% and 19.8%, respectively. The combined caution and opposition accounted for 52.3%.
Among the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, 77.9% of the respondents believe that constitutional amendment should be stepped up, while 68.9% of the Komeito Party of Japan believes that there is no need to worry, and differences have been 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 “include the existence of the Self-Defense Force in the constitution” accounted for the most, reaching 34.3% (except for candidates who did 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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