石破首相「大連立も選択肢」

　石破茂首相は１日放送のラジオ番組で少数与党の打開策に関し、「大連立をする選択肢はあるだろう」との認識を示した。政権の安定に大連立も想定しているのか問われて答えた。首相は「何のためにというのがない大連立は、一歩間違うと大政翼賛会になってしまう。そこは気を付けないといけない」とも語った。
　番組は先月２４日に収録された。衆院解散については「内閣と衆院の言っていることに齟齬（そご）が生じたら、国民主権の原理原則で国民に問うてみようということだ」と述べた。（2025/01/01-17:24）

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said in a radio program aired Wednesday that "there will likely be an option to form a grand coalition" as a way to break the deadlock in the handling of his minority government.
   Ishiba made the comment when asked if he was considering a grand coalition of major ruling and opposition parties to stabilize his administration.
   Also in the radio program, which was recorded on Dec. 24, the prime minister stressed the need to be careful not to form a grand coalition without a clear purpose.
   In a different radio program aired Wednesday, Tetsuo Saito, head of Komeito, the junior ruling coalition partner of Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party, also talked about the possibility of building a grand coalition.
   "The obstacle to a grand coalition is the current electoral system," Saito said, citing the need to accelerate the debate on reforming the single-seat constituency system for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of Japan's parliament.