Confident in the new party "In a sense, I am already done"

Yuriko Koike Tokyo governor told the Mainichi Shimbun new spring interview that the opinion on the "Koike New Party" problem of attention was revealed in connection with the city selection election in July. The governor emphasizes whether it will be a matter of choosing whether to form a new party or expand the political organization 'Citizen First Association'. "In a sense, (New Party) is already done," he said confidently. "Timetable First Association" was launched mainly in the Toshima Ward supporters who went to support Mr. Koike in last year's Governor's Election. As a political organization in September I reported to the election administration committee of the city, which runs a political institution "Hope cram school" established by the governor himself. The governor revealed his idea of ​​combining the municipal government reform force with the "citizen first association" as a foothold. It also refers to the possibility of changing the name of a political organization to encourage participation from an established party. Depending on the political situation, it also indicated the intention to form a new party meeting the legal requirements. Which to choose will be decided in March based on the debate of the city council over 'Koike budget' for the first time. Constant of the city council is 127. The governor is preparing to announce the first official candidate during this month with the intention of holding at least 30 people, preferably as many as 40 candidates, from the "hope cram school" and so on. Meanwhile, in connection with the cost burden problem of the Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2020, they expressed an intention to emphasize the collection work of mobile phones deceased in Tokyo. We propose to expand the efforts to dig out gold, silver, copper, which is the material of the Olympic medal, from the so-called "urban mine" and support the finance of the organizing committee. Regarding relocation of Toyosu (Koto ward) in Tsukizaki market (Chuo Ward), "We will comprehensively judge around summer, but it will be delayed as soon as it depends on the findings of the new market groundwater monitoring announced in mid-January" . The interview took place on December 29th last year.