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2014 November 19 - 25 TOP3 [JCP]

Shii calls for JCP victory in general election to end Abe’s runaway policies

The House of Representatives was dissolved on November 21 and a general election will be held on December 14. All political parties and candidates will officially start their election campaigns on December 2.

The Japanese Communist Party already announced its list of 39 candidates in proportional representation blocs and 292 candidates in all 295 single-seat constituencies except for three in Okinawa. In Okinawa, the JCP will seek a win in three out of four single-seat districts in cooperation with the Social Democratic and People’s Life parties.

On the same day after the dissolution, JCP Dietmembers held a general meeting. JCP Chair Shii Kazuo pointed out that in the election campaign, the Abe government policies regarding the consumption tax, Abenomics, the collective self-defense right, nuclear power generation, and a new U.S. base in Okinawa will be major focal points.

Shii noted that JCP parliamentarians’ Diet discussions in regard to the consumption tax hike and the collective self-defense right have driven the Abe administration into a corner and that the JCP’s people-oriented proposals in every field, including the economy and foreign affairs, have received many favorable responses from the general public. He also said that the party has worked hard to develop grassroots-based joint struggles in various fields and moved the direction of politics together with the people. The JCP has contributed to positive changes in political awareness among the general public, Shii stressed.

The JCP chair said, “Let’s have confidence in these changes and achieve a major advance in the election by attracting voters who want to put an end to Abe’s runaway policies and change the political direction of Japan.”