吉村氏、「メリット説明し切れず」　住民投票結果に―大阪都構想

　大阪市を廃止して特別区に再編する「大阪都構想」が住民投票で反対多数となってから一夜明けた２日午前、地域政党「大阪維新の会」の吉村洋文代表代行（大阪府知事）はフジテレビの番組で「大阪市がなくなることに対して、それを超えるメリットを説明し切れなかった」と振り返った。
　維新は知事と市長の両ポストを押さえ、府と市の連携に取り組んでいる。吉村氏は「府市一体の戦略を進めて、高い評価を頂いている。『そのままいったらいい』と思う市民もたくさんいた」との見方を示した。（2020/11/02-10:58）

Hirofumi Yoshimura, acting head of regional political party Osaka Ishin no Kai, reflected Monday on the party's inability to persuade citizens to vote in favor of its so-called Osaka metropolis plan in a referendum the day before.
   "We were not able to explain enough the benefits (of the plan) that would exceed the loss of the city of Osaka," Yoshimura, also governor of Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, said on a television program.
   The metropolis plan called for scrapping the current city of Osaka and reorganizing it into four new special wards that are similar to the 23 special wards in Tokyo. The initiative was narrowly rejected in the closely watched citywide poll, with 692,996 dissenting votes against 675,829 votes in favor.
   "The people highly evaluate our strategy for unifying the prefecture and city," Yoshimura said, regarding the party's efforts to boost cooperation between the two local governments.
   Osaka Ishin currently holds both the Osaka governor's seat and the mayoral seat for the prefectural capital.