Natsuo Yamaguchi, the previous chief of Komeito, stated Thursday that he is not going to run for a constituency seat in subsequent summer time’s Home of Councillors election.
Chatting with reporters, the 72-year-old didn’t say whether or not he’ll purpose to safe a proportional illustration seat within the higher chamber of parliament or retire from politics.
Yamaguchi received a seat within the Home of Representatives, the decrease chamber, in 1990. He’s serving his fourth time period as an Higher Home lawmaker from the Tokyo prefectural constituency, after first securing the seat in 2001.
He served because the chief of Komeito, the Liberal Democratic Occasion’s junior companion, for 15 years till September this yr.
The social gathering’s inside guidelines stipulate that lawmakers who’re over 69 years previous or who’ve been serving for greater than 24 years is not going to obtain the social gathering’s official backing in an election, in precept.
