来月上旬の新党目指す　立憲代表「政権奪取へ踏み出す」

　立憲民主党の枝野幸男代表は１３日の両院議員懇談会で、分党する国民民主党との新党結成について「月が明けた頃くらいまでには新しい形でパワーアップして、政権奪取に向けてさらなる大きな一歩を踏み出したい」と述べ、９月上旬の発足を目指す考えを明らかにした。
　枝野氏は「われわれの３年間の歩みをしっかりと受け継ぎながら、幅広い皆さんと力合わせをして今の政治状況を変えていく」と表明。立憲主義を柱とする従来路線を踏襲しつつ、政権の受け皿づくりを急ぐ方針を示した。（2020/08/13-16:53）

Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan chief Yukio Edano indicated Thursday that the party aims to realize a merger with the Democratic Party for the People by early September.
   "We hope to make a great step toward winning power, after upgrading to a new form by around the beginning of next month," Edano said at a party meeting.
   "Based on our party's three-year history, we'll join hands with a wide range of other people to change the current political situation," he stressed.
   Later on Thursday, Edano had a meeting with veteran lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa of the DPFP, asking for his cooperation to gather opposition lawmakers. Ozawa said he will make efforts to meet the request.
   DPFP leader Yuichiro Tamaki announced earlier this week that some party members including himself will not join a new party to be created from the merger, due to their disagreement with the CDPJ's basic policies.