新立憲、１５０人で旗揚げ　枝野代表「国民に選択肢示す」

　旧立憲民主、旧国民民主両党などが合流した新党「立憲民主党」は１５日、東京都内のホテルで結党大会を開いた。枝野幸男代表はあいさつで「自助と自己責任を求める新自由主義か、支え合いの社会か。国民に選択肢を示す時だ」と表明。残り任期が１年余りとなった衆院解散・総選挙を視野に、１６日に新内閣を発足させる菅義偉自民党総裁との対決姿勢を鮮明にした。
　新立憲に参加したのは旧立憲と旧国民、無所属の計１５０人（衆院１０７人、参院４３人）。枝野氏は「身勝手な解散・総選挙で論戦から逃げようとするなら国民生活の実態を見ていない証しだ」と菅氏をけん制。合流不参加の玉木雄一郎衆院議員らが結成した新国民民主党など他の野党勢力を念頭に、「思いを同じくする多くの皆さんと懐深く連携していかなければならない」と訴えた。（2020/09/15-18:37）

Yukio Edano, leader of a new major Japanese opposition party created through a merger, on Tuesday vowed to offer voters an alternative to the ruling coalition.
   "Whether neoliberalism seeking self-help and self-responsibility or a society of mutual support, now is the time to present an option to the people," Edano said at the party's inaugural meeting.
   Edano's comments underscored the new party's adversarial stance toward the ruling bloc led by Yoshihide Suga, who was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Monday and is set to be chosen as the country's new prime minister in parliament on Wednesday.
   If Suga tries to run away from parliamentary discussions by selfishly calling a snap election, it would be proof that he is ignoring the actual state of people's lives, Edano said.
   The largest opposition party with 107 House of Representatives lawmakers and 43 House of Councillors was created through the merger of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Democratic Party for the People. It inherited CDPJ as its name.