Editorial
16:25 JST, September 5, 2024
Making a mockery of elections that sustain democracy is intolerable. The ruling and opposition parties should properly discuss how election activities should be conducted and aim for early legal revisions.
During the campaign for July’s Tokyo gubernatorial election, a large number of posters unrelated to the election were put up on official poster boards. In response to this issue, the ruling and opposition parties have begun discussions at their working-level meetings on revising the Public Offices Election Law.
The NHK Party political organization sold the right to put up election posters in its allotted spaces on the boards. As a result, the boards were flooded with posters, including advertisements for adult entertainment establishments and pictures drawn by children.
The boards are meant to be used to make candidates........