Tokyo, Feb. 11 (Jiji Press)–Junya Ogawa and Takeshi Shina, former members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, expressed their intentions on Wednesday to run in a leadership election of the Centrist Reform Alliance, which was formed by the CDP and Komeito last month. Meanwhile, former CDP leader Kenta Izumi told reporters that he will not run in the party leadership election. On Wednesday, the centrist party held a general meeting of its lawmakers following its crushing defeat in Sunday’s House of Representatives election. It decided to hold the leadership election on Friday. The party’s co-leaders, Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito, reiterated their resignations to take responsibility for the election defeat. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Ogawa, Shina to Run for Centrist Party Leader
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