自民じみん森山もりやま幹事かんじ長ちょう “退任たいにんし進退しんたいを石破いしば首相しゅしょうに預あずける”

LDP Secretary-General Moriyama stated at the General Meeting of Both Houses that he intends to resign as Secretary-General to take responsibility for the defeat in the House of Councillors election, and that he will leave his future to Prime Minister Ishiba.

Suzuki, the Chairman of the General Council, and Onodera, the Chairman of the Policy Research Council, also conveyed their intention to resign to Prime Minister Ishiba.

Moriyama, Secretary-General: I take responsibility for the election results. LDP Secretary-General Moriyama held a press conference after the General Assembly of Both Houses and revealed that, during the assembly, he expressed his intention to resign as Secretary-General and leave his future to Prime Minister Ishiba.

Mr. Moriyama said at the general meeting, We were not able to achieve the results we aimed for in the recent House of Councillors election.

The person responsible for the election is myself, the Secretary-General, and in order to take responsibility for the election results, I would like to resign from the position of Secretary-General.

I will leave the decision regarding my resignation to President Ishiba, who has the authority to appoint me, he said.

Moriyama stated that, in addition to this, he will soon submit his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Ishiba, and expressed his understanding that, based on party rules, he will continue to serve as Secretary-General until a successor is decided.

And it all comes down to whether the Liberal Democratic Party can regain your trust as a national party.

That is the most important thing.

As a party member and someone who holds a seat in the Diet, I would like to do my utmost, however modest, to restore trust in the party and contribute to its development, he said.

Chairman of the General Council Suzuki and Chairman of the Policy Research Council Onodera conveyed their intention to resign to the Prime Minister. In addition, after the Joint Plenary Meeting of Both Houses, both Suzuki and Onodera, as members of the executive leadership, successively informed Prime Minister Ishiba of their intention to resign, taking responsibility for the defeat in the House of Councillors election.

Mr. Onodera told reporters, As one of the people responsible for policy, I believed I should properly take responsibility for the election results.

There was no response from Prime Minister Ishiba, but I conveyed my intentions, he said.

Kihara, the chairman of the LDP Election Strategy Committee, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Ishiba. Following the official summary of the House of Councillors election, Kihara, as a member of the executive board, wanted to take responsibility for the defeat. After the General Meeting of Both Houses, he submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Ishiba.