People's New Party

The New People's Party (Japanese国民 新 党, Kokumin Shinto, engl. The People's New Party ) was a small political party in Japan, which was founded in August 2005 by opponents of postal privatization. The so-called "rebels" had previously been excluded from Prime Minister Koizumi Jun'ichirô from the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP). In March 2013, it broke up.

A review of the postal privatization and other reforms to liberalize the economy of Koizumi cabinets continue to be among the key demands of the party. Socio-politically, it represents traditional conservative positions: She rejects the foreigner suffrage in prefectures and municipalities as well as the approval of different surnames for married couples from. In social systems, they want a "return of security" (安心 の 回復, anshin no Kaifuku ) achieve.

International attention, the New People's Party in 2007, when they nominated the under arrest in Chile Alberto Fujimori as candidates for the upper house elections.

The first party chairman was Tamisuke Watanuki, who resigned in the Lower House election in 2009 after losing his parliamentary seat and was replaced by Shizuka Kamei. Secretary Hisaoki Kamei lost in this election also his deputy posts. His successor was initially the upper house MPs Shôzaburô Jimi, Mikio Shimoji 2010 then.

2007 the party had four MPs in the upper and lower house, after the general election of 2009 she is there, however, only represented by three MPs. Since then it is represented by a coalition with the Democratic Party in the Cabinet, first with the party chairman Kamei, since 2010, by Ex - Secretary Jimi. In April 2011, the party leader Kamei and the Policy Research Council Chairman Akiko Kamei were removed because of their opposition to policies approved by the coalition cabinet VAT increase from their party posts. Kamei had to do, then against a party decision, in the coalition, the Democratic Party and declared that the New People's party would leave the coalition. Both Kameis then submitted their party outlet.

In the general election in 2012 the party won only one constituency in Kagoshima. Takeshi Noma left the party in February 2013, so she is left with two MPs in the upper house. In March 2013, the party broke up after a decision of the chairman Jimi. The other party member Kazuyuki Hamada did not support the decision to dissolve.

Election results

On 31 December 2011 the New People's Party decreed on prefecture level no MPs at the community level two.