Kojiro Takano, a member of the House of Councilors of the Liberal Democratic Party who hit his secretary’s face and made him bleed from his nostril, resigned on the twenty second.
Liberal Democratic Party member Kojiro Takano, who’s elected to the Tokushima Kochi constituency of the House of Councilors, revealed that on the finish of final yr at a pub in Kochi metropolis, he hit the face of a person who was working as a personal secretary on the time, inflicting his nostril to bleed. And final week, I made it clear that I might take accountability and resign as a member of the Diet.
On the afternoon of the twenty second, Mr. Takano submitted his resignation as a member to the Speaker of the House of Councilors Otsuji by his secretary.
During the recess of the Diet, the speaker was supposed to have the ability to authorize the resignation of members, and the resignation was accepted instantly.
Mr. Takano is 48 years previous.
After serving as a member of the Kochi Prefectural Assembly, he was elected to the House of Councilors for the primary time in 2013, serving his second time period.
With Mr. Takano’s resignation, a by-election might be held in October this yr within the Tokushima Kochi constituency of the House of Councilors.