れいわ・山本代表、参院選出馬へ　衆院に議員辞職願提出

　れいわ新選組の山本太郎代表＝衆院比例代表東京ブロック＝は１５日、衆院に議員辞職願を提出した。この後の記者会見で理由について、夏の参院選に出馬するためだと説明。「（政権の）ブレーキになり得るような勢力を拡大する必要がある」と強調した。選挙区から立候補する意向を示したが、具体的な選挙区名は明かさなかった。辞職は１９日にも衆院本会議で許可される見通し。
　会見で山本氏は「次の選挙でしっかりと議席を増やしていくことが必要という思いで辞職することにした。選挙区で議席をもぎとりにいく」と語った。同党が候補を擁立していない選挙区で出馬を目指すという。（2022/04/15-17:20）

Taro Yamamoto, leader of Japanese opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, on Friday submitted his resignation as a House of Representatives member to run in this summer's House of Councillors election.
   "I've decided to resign because I think it necessary to increase the party's seats in the next election" for the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, Yamamoto told a press conference.
   In the Upper House election, he plans to run in a prefectural constituency, though he did not say which constituency he will run in.
   Yamamoto was elected to the all-important lower chamber from the Tokyo proportional representation bloc in October last year. His resignation is expected to be approved at a Lower House plenary meeting as early as Tuesday.
   Yamamoto is in his first term as a Lower House member. If his resignation is approved, the party's runner-up candidate under the proportional representation system is expected to take the vacant seat.