野田元首相「熟慮したい」　立民代表選、地元県連が出馬要請

　９月７日告示、２３日投開票の立憲民主党代表選に向け、同党千葉県連の国会議員や地方議員ら４０人超が１９日、県連所属の野田佳彦元首相（６７）と千葉市内で面会し、首相再登板を目指して出馬するよう要請した。野田氏は１０人超の名前が挙がる自民党総裁選に「すごい勢いだ」と危機感を示し、「迫力ある代表選にしなければならない。よく熟慮したい」と応じた。
　立民代表選には枝野幸男前代表（６０）が立候補を表明し、泉健太代表（５０）も再選を目指して準備を進めている。会談後、野田氏は記者団に「（出馬要請は）ひしひしと胸に迫る。決断を迫られている」と強調。一方で「出ないなら出ないと早く言わなければいけない」とも語った。（2024/08/19-18:09）

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Monday that he will carefully consider whether to run in the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election in September.
   Noda made the comments when he was asked to run in the Sept. 23 election during a meeting in the city of Chiba, near Tokyo, with about 40 CDP members, including lawmakers from the party's Chiba prefectural branch and local assembly members.
   "I have a decision to make," Noda, a 67-year-old CDP member in the House of Representatives elected from a constituency in Chiba Prefecture, told reporters after the meeting.
   He added, "If I chose not to run (in the election), then I have to announce my decision as soon as possible."
   Noda was also asked by a group of younger CDP lawmakers to run for party president.