Former Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe (72) has been appointed as the new chairman of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Seiko Hashimoto (56), who served as Olympic Minister, has been appointed the new chairman of the Organizing Committee of Tokyo You should quit. “

Masuzoe updated Twitter on the 18th, mentioning the appointment of Hashimoto as the new president. “The appointment of President Hashimoto has political significance. He will be elected by the Governor of Tokyo on July 4, and the House of Representatives in the fall. The official residence and the PLD have decided to face Governor Koike in these elections. Which one can Better use of the Tokyo Olympics will affect the outcome of the elections. Since Koike’s comment “Absent from quadripartite talks,” the decisive political battle has already been cut off, “he said.

Mr. Hashimoto resigned from the Olympic Minister due to the Minister of State Code (prohibition of concurrent offices) due to the election of the new president, but Mr. Masuzoe said: “When I was Governor of Tokyo, I proceeded with the preparations for the Games Tokyo Olympics with Chairman Mori of the Organizing Committee. However, due to Mr. Mori’s health condition, I thought of an emergency. At that time it was understood that when the politician took office, he would resign from the position of parliamentarian. otherwise, the Olympic Charter. This is because the screaming political neutrality is not guaranteed. Is this an exception? “questioned Mr. Hashimoto’s continued membership in the Diet.

In a later tweet, “Mr. Seiko Hashimoto should leave the Diet if he wants to become chair of the organizing committee. The IOC will be in trouble due to violation of the Olympic Charter.” “He had a house in Hokkaido Shiro and the owner of the horse. He had a lot of racehorses and he bought a horse at Hashimoto Ranch. He knew a lot of things, so he was against her appointment as president.”