大串氏が出馬検討　「仲間と相談」―立民代表選

　立憲民主党の大串博志衆院議員は３日、枝野幸男代表の辞任に伴う代表選について、出馬を検討していることを明らかにした。佐賀市内で開かれた同党県連常任幹事会後、記者団の質問に答えた。
　大串氏は「党運営に責任をもって、前に進んでいく」と強調。「幾人かの議員からも（立候補について）問い合わせがあった。仲間と相談しながら検討する」とも語った。
　先の衆院選で、大串氏は佐賀２区で６回目の当選を果たした。２０１７年には、当時在籍していた希望の党の共同代表選に出馬したが敗れていた。
　立民代表選には、小川淳也衆院議員も立候補に意欲を示している。（2021/11/03-17:45）

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan member Hiroshi Ogushi said Wednesday that he may run in the upcoming election to choose a new leader of the main opposition party to succeed Yukio Edano.
   Ogushi, a lawmaker in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, hinted at the possibility in talks with reporters in the southwestern Japan city of Saga after attending a meeting of executives of the CDP's chapter in Saga Prefecture.
   "I will move forward, bearing responsibility for the management of the party," Ogushi said. He added that he will consider his possible bid for the top party post while consulting fellow party members, noting that he has received inquiries from some CDP lawmakers about the matter.
   Edano said Tuesday that he will resign as CDP leader to take responsibility for the party's dismal performance in Sunday's Lower House general election. The party won 96 seats in the election, down from 110 seats before the poll.
   Ogushi was elected to the Lower House for the sixth time in the latest poll, in which he ran from the No. 2 constituency in Saga Prefecture.