立民代表選、来月２３日投開票　泉、枝野両氏が出馬意向

　立憲民主党は７日、国会内で両院議員総会を開き、９月末の泉健太代表（５０）の任期満了に伴う代表選を「９月７日告示、同２３日投開票」の日程で行うことを決めた。これまでに泉氏と枝野幸男前代表（６０）が出馬する意向を周辺に示している。次期衆院選での政権交代を目指しており、共産党との関係など野党連携の在り方が主な争点となる。
　代表選の候補としては、野田佳彦元首相（６７）、江田憲司元代表代行（６８）、馬淵澄夫元国土交通相（６３）、小川淳也前政調会長（５３）、重徳和彦衆院議員（５３）らの名前も挙がっている。日程は、自民党総裁選と近づけることで注目度を高めたいとの思惑から設定した。自民では投開票日を９月２０日か同２７日とする案が出ている。（2024/08/07-18:49）

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan decided Wednesday to hold a leadership election on Sept. 23 before the term of its current leader, Kenta Izumi, expires at the end of September.
   Izumi, 50, and former party leader Yukio Edano, 60, have reportedly told their aides that they will run in the leadership race.
   With the CDP eyeing a change of government in the next House of Representatives election, the main issue of the leadership poll is expected to be cooperation among opposition parties, including the CDP's relations with the Japanese Communist Party.
   The schedule for the leadership election, including the Sept. 7 start of the official campaign period, is expected to be approved at a general meeting of CDP lawmakers.
   The CDP apparently hopes to draw attention by holding a leadership election around the same time as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.