Editorial
14:30 JST, May 18, 2024
Stump speeches during election campaigns are important opportunities for candidates to express their political views and for voters to listen to them in order to make a decision for voting. If obstructions are allowed to continue, democracy will be shaken. It is only natural to take strict measures.
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Atsuhiko Kurokawa, the head of the Tsubasa no To political organization; its secretary general Ryosuke Nemoto, who was a candidate in a House of Representatives by-election; and another senior member of the group on suspicion of violating the Public Offices Election Law for allegedly obstructing the election campaign of another candidate and his supporters during the lower house Tokyo Constituency No. 15 by-election campaign period in April.
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