立・共、次期衆院選で連携　両党首が合意、政策協議へ

　立憲民主党の泉健太代表と共産党の志位和夫委員長は２３日、国会内で会談し、次期衆院選の連携で合意した。今後、選挙区調整や基本政策などの協議を始める。ただ、日本維新の会や国民民主党は、立民と共産の連携には同調しない方針。野党全体で候補者一本化のめどは立っていない。
　会談で、泉氏は「次の総選挙で野党の議席を最大化するために連携したい」と要請。志位氏は「岸田政権を倒さなければならない。そのためにも、市民と野党の共闘は非常に大事で、ぜひやりたい」と応じた。立民の岡田克也幹事長、共産の小池晃書記局長も同席した。（2023/10/23-20:09）

The leaders of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Part of Japan and the Japanese Communist Party on Monday agreed to cooperate in the next general election for the House of Representatives.
   The two parties will begin talks to adjust their candidates and basic policies to prepare for the next election of the lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament.
   CDP President Kenta Izumi initially rejected election cooperation with the JCP. In response to protests from some CDP members, however, he decided to allow cooperation with the JCP through the Civil Alliance for Peace and Constitutionalism, an organization to get opposition parties to fight together.
   In his meeting with JCP leader Kazuo Shii, Izumi expressed a wish to work with the JCP to "maximize the number of seats opposition parties will win in the next general election."
   "We must topple (Prime Minister Fumio) Kishida's administration," Shii said.