Mizuoka Set for 4th Term as Chief of CDP Group in Upper House
Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)--Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Shunichi Mizuoka is set to serve a fourth term as head of the House of Councillors caucus mainly comprising lawmakers of the opposition party. On Monday, the 40-member group in the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, announced an election for its leader in line with the expiration of Mizuoka's current th...
Shunichi Mizuoka, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), is set to continue as the head of the House of Councillors caucus, comprising mainly opposition party lawmakers. This decision comes after the 40-member group in the upper chamber of Japan's parliament announced an election for their leader, coinciding with the expiration of Mizuoka's current third term.
Mizuoka, 70, was the sole candidate in the poll and secured his fourth term without any voting. The new term, expected to officially commence after his approval at a party plenary meeting, will last until the end of the 2028 ordinary Diet session. However, the focus is on Mizuoka's potential decision regarding a proposed merger between the CDP and two other opposition parties, the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito.
With many of his party members reluctant to support the three-way merger, the deadline for concluding the negotiations between the three parties on the possible integration has been set for the end of this month.
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