The shadow of the Japanese Communist Party looms over Renho in the Tokyo race, Renho can officially run for Tokyo’s July 7 gubernatorial election as an independent, but one factor clouds the former Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) lawmaker’s prospects of winning over voters in the race that starts Thursday , is how close they think she is. is for the Japanese Communist Party.
Proving its independence has been made more difficult by the appearance of a two-page leaflet in which the JCP endorsed Renho.
The flyer, which appeared last week, quotes Renho’s May 27 press conference, where she announced her candidacy and criticized the Liberal Democratic Party over the political funds scandal. At the bottom of the front page, next to a photo of JCP chairman Tomoko Tamura, member of the Senate, the JCP offers Renho its full support. The back page states the policies of the Tokyo chapter of the JCP in such a way that it reflects the impression that Renho has also endorsed this specific policy.
