Kanehide Chairman Morimasa Goya announces support for LDP “basic middle road conservatives” in the House of Representatives election, a conservative also in the Nago mayoral election. (16se21)
Kanehide Group Chairman Morimasa Goya, who bore a leading role in promoting the All Okinawa struggle against construction of the new base in the city of Nago at Henoko, took questions from the Ryukyu Shimpo and others on 15 September. Concerning his take on the next House of Representatives election, he stated, “As Kanehide’s stance is basically middle road conservative (candidate support),” he is considering support for an LDP candidate. In the chief elections following the Nago Mayoral election in January of next year also, likewise indicating the direction of his support for conservative candidates, he stated, “I don’t intend to make Henoko my prime issue.” On the other hand, avoiding taking a stance on next year’s gubernatorial election, he answered that question with, “It’s too early to decide.” As for All Okinawa, he added, “We’re not riding together to our targeted final destination. Our ideals don't match.” The public show of the Kanehide Groups’s withdrawal of its p...