Will Japan be a "energy -fighting country"?The Senate election voting is over, and the survey shows that the constitutional amendments will receive two -thirds of the seats

Author:Daily Economic News Time:2022.07.10

According to CCTV News, at 8 pm on July 10 local time, the election voting of the 26th Parliament of Japan was officially concluded.

According to the results of the export survey of the Japan Broadcasting Association, the governing alliance composed of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Gongming Party won over half of the election seats in the Senate election; The two seats.

On July 10, voters voted at a voting point in Tokyo, Japan. Picture source: Xinhua News Agency

On the 10th local time, the Ministry of General Affairs of Japan announced the number of early votes in the Senate election, which was 1961,3966, an increase of 14.95%from the previous (2019), which is the highest in history.

The Japanese Senate Election once voted on the 10th. In the past three years, the international and domestic situations faced by Japan have undergone complex and profound changes. At present, many issues such as the new crown epidemic, rising prices, and depreciation of the yen have attracted great attention in Japanese society.

Recently, Iwai Iwai, a professor of political science in Japan, accepted an interview with a reporter from the Central Radio and Television Station, and analyzed the constitutional amendments and the mainstream public opinion of Japan.

Iwai Fengxin stated that the economy and security have many topics in this Senate election, especially the price increase caused by the Russian -Ukraine conflict, coupled with the devaluation of the yen, the price of imported goods has increased. At the beginning of the election, since July, various commodities prices have risen, and electricity costs have risen every month. The pressure of people has increased pressure on life, but the salary has not changed. Voters are very concerned about how to deal with them in the future.

Iwai Fengxin said that another important focus of this Senate election is whether Japan's constitutional amendment forces will accelerate the constitutional amendment process of Japan after the election, trying to make Japan a so -called "energy -fighting country". The polls released by Kyodo News on July 6 showed that the constitutional amendments such as the Liberal Democratic Party, the Gongming Party and the Japanese Restoration Association may continue to control more than two -thirds of the seats after the Senate election on the 10th, and the "" threshold". However, Iwai Fengxin believes that even if the constitutional amendment forces control more than two -thirds of the seats, the so -called "road to constitutional amendment" will not go smoothly.

Iwai Fengxin stated that the initiative of the constitutional amendment must be more than two -thirds of the seats in Congress. From the current situation, this possibility is very high. If the constitutional amendment is revised, it is not clear. Even if the opinions of the party between the party who claim to modify the constitution are also different, it is not unified. Therefore, even if there are more than two -thirds of the seats in Congress, it is impossible to modify the constitution immediately, and in the end, it is difficult to pass by national voting.

In addition, Iwai also said that there is a "temperature difference" between the concerns of Japanese political parties and the public. The Japanese people are most concerned about economic development and improvement of people's livelihood, and the focus of political parties is mainly concentrated in constitutional amendments. Iwai Fengxin believes that in recent years, the stagnation of Japanese economy has caused many social contradictions. In the future, how to improve economic and people's livelihood is vital to Japan.

On July 10, voters walked into a voting point in Tokyo, Japan. Picture source: Xinhua News Agency

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Japanese Senate election is held every 3 years, and each time is re -elected. According to the amendment to the Public Election Law adopted by the Japanese Congress in 2018, the total number of rated seats in the Japanese Senate will be added with 6 elections, which is increased from the original 242 to 248. The Senate elections in 2019 have added 3, and this time increased 3 to 248. In addition, there is a vacancies in the non -re -election constituencies, so a total of 125 seats participated in the re -election.

The ruling alliance consisting of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party and the Gongming Party set the outcome of this election as "the number of seats in the governing alliance in the Senate is more than half". Since there are 70 non -re -election seats in the two parties, only 55 are required to win 55 Just a seat.

In the Senate election, whether the constitutional amendment for more than two -thirds of the seats became the focus of the public's attention. At present, the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, the Restoration Club, the National Democratic Party, and the Gongming Party, who are under the banner of "Constitution", are regarded as constitutional power amendments. According to the Japanese Constitution, if the constitutional amendment forces in the two courtyards have exceeded two -thirds of the seats, the constitutional amendments can be initiated, and the House of Representatives has achieved this goal. In this Senate election, these four parties can only achieve two -thirds of the goals only need to win 82 seats.

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