自民総裁選、菅氏選出の流れ　岸田、石破両氏が出馬表明―党員投票せず

　安倍晋三首相の後継を決める自民党総裁選で、菅義偉官房長官（７１）は２日夕に記者会見し、立候補する考えを明らかにする。最大派閥の細田派（９８人）など５派が軒並み支持。国会議員票で圧倒し、新総裁に選出される流れが強まっている。岸田文雄政調会長（６３）、石破茂元幹事長（６３）は１日、出馬を表明した。
　河野太郎防衛相は１日、所属する麻生派（５４人）総会後、記者団に「今回は出馬しない」と表明。総裁選は３人が争う構図が固まった。
　自民党は１日の総務会で、党員投票を省く両院議員総会での総裁選とすることを決定。異論が出されたが執行部が押し切った。国会議員票（３９４票）と都道府県連代表票（１４１票）を争う。独自の党員投票を実施する県連もあり、菅氏が地方票でも支持を広げるか、岸田、石破両氏が巻き返すかが焦点となりそうだ。（2020/09/01-20:52）

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is increasingly likely to win the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sept. 14 leadership race as he secured the backing of five major factions.
   Suga, 71, is set to announce his bid for the LDP presidency Wednesday. He is expected to garner votes from an overwhelming majority of the party's lawmakers, including members of the biggest faction with 98 lawmakers led by former Secretary-General Hiroyuki Hosoda.
   Meanwhile, LDP Policy Research Council Chairman Fumio Kishida, 63, and former Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba, 63, declared their candidacies Tuesday.
   Defense Minister Taro Kono, widely considered a potential candidate, told reporters that he will not run this time.
   The party's election to choose the successor to outgoing President Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, therefore will be a three-way battle among Suga, Kishida and Ishiba.