TAIWANESE-JAPANESE LEADER OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY RESIGNS|日本台裔參議員蓮舫 請辭日本民進黨主席

Yesterday afternoon, Renho Murata, Taiwanese-Japanese journalist and politician, who is the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan announced that she will step down from her position as party Chair. ==RENHO MURATA former Chair, Democratic Party of Japan== I kept thinking about this after I was elected as Chair, whether we truly reflected the voice of the people, and kept reflecting on this and I found that I was lacking overall in many aspects, so after reflection and so that the Democratic Party can change more quickly to become more responsive to the electorate, so I should resign from my position as party chair. Renho emphasised that the party's losses in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election earlier this month were the main catalyst for her decision, but not the only factor. She felt that her leadership qualities were not sufficient to allow the party to progress and the electorate did not have sufficient trust in the party. She hoped that after her resignation the party would re-organise and new personnel would emerge from the party. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 日本最大在野黨民進黨的黨主席也是台裔參議員的"村田蓮舫"，今天下午宣布，辭去主席職位。 ==日本民進黨主席 村田蓮舫== (一直在思考)我當選主席之後 是否真的有反映民眾的心聲呢 一直在反省這部分以及思考 並發現自己不足的部分 在綜合很多條件並考慮之後 並且為了能促進民進黨盡速成為 傾聽民眾 接受民意的政黨 因此判斷現在 任職主席的我應該要辭職 蓮舫強調，東京都議員的選舉失利，是她考慮辭職的原因之一，但不是最主要的因素。她承認自己能力不足，無法讓黨內增加向心力，民眾也無法信任民進黨，因此期盼請辭後，黨內能儘速重組新的人事。 記者 陳詩童 報導