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Some in CRA, CDP Call for Pushing Back Merger with Komeito

Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)--Some members of the Centrist Reform Alliance and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan are calling for moving back the deadline for concluding talks on the integration of the two Japanese opposition parties and Komeito, also an opposition force. Meanwhile, some Komeito lawmakers insist that the CRA's House of Representatives members who hail from Komeito ...

The Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) are facing pressure to delay the merger talks with the opposition Komeito party, according to reports from Jiji Press. The deadline for concluding negotiations on the integration of the three parties has been set for the end of this month. However, some CRA members and CDP lawmakers are advocating for a pushback on this deadline.

Following the CRA's significant loss in the February 8 general election, the CDP has confirmed a plan to determine its position on the proposed merger after an intra-party meeting on Friday. Meanwhile, certain Komeito lawmakers are insisting that CRA representatives, who are Komeito members, must leave the CRA and return to the Komeito party if the talks fail to reach an agreement.

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