物価高対応、教育、安保が柱　立民、参院選向け重点政策を発表

　立憲民主党は２７日、夏の参院選に向けた重点政策を発表した。国民生活を守る「生活安全保障」をキャッチコピーに、(1)物価高と戦う(2)教育の無償化(3)着実な安全保障―を３本柱と位置付けた。
　泉健太代表は記者会見で「生活者の視点から安全保障を政策化していかなければならない」と強調。重点政策を踏まえ、５月中に参院選の公約をまとめる方針を示した。（2022/04/27-17:21）

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Wednesday highlighted fight against the yen's rapid weakening and rising prices as a key policy task ahead of this summer's House of Councillors election.
   Announcing its key policies before the election for the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan's parliament, the CDP said it aims to prevent gasoline and wheat prices from rising further and lower the consumption tax to 5 pct from the current 10 pct temporarily.
   The CDP also underlined a need to change the Bank of Japan's superloose monetary policy, claiming that the yen's drop is a consequence of the Abenomics reflationist policy mix of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   The three pillars of the CDP's key policies are fighting rising prices, making education free of charge and ensuring national security.
   "We must work out concrete national security policy measures from the viewpoint of ordinary citizens," CDP leader Kenta Izumi told a news conference.