【速報】中道・立憲・公明が合流断念　小川氏「新たな形態見いだす」

The leaders of the Centrist Reform Alliance, the Constitutional Democratic Party, and Komeito held a meeting in the Diet on the afternoon of the 31st and formally confirmed their decision to abandon the merger. Junya Ogawa, leader of the Centrist Alliance, explained that the party, comprised of members from the Constitutional Democratic Party and Komeito, would "definitely be under a different structure than before," with a split in mind. The Centrist Alliance, founded in January of this year, is now virtually certain to disintegrate. Centrist Reform Alliance to De Facto Disintegrate: Three-Party Leaders Formally Abandon Merger, Split Also Under Consideration https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASV803...