Opposition party Komeito plans to have its members in parliament join the Centrist Reform Alliance before the start of an extraordinary parliamentary session expected for the fall, informed sources said.
According to the sources involved in Komeito¡¯s basic policy for a potential merger, the party plans to declare its plan to join the CRA in July and formally approve the move at a party convention by September. Following this, the 21 Komeito members in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber, will leave the party and join the CRA.
Komeito will ask the CRA to maintain its platform and policies and keep its name unchanged for now, as it prioritizes carrying out the merger swiftly. It will also not seek a change in the CRA¡¯s current leadership, including chief Junya Ogawa.
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