Citizens' groups start signing Mayor Hayashi's recall against attracting IR in Yokohama October 5, 18:02
Citizens' groups opposed to IR = integrated resort facilities, including casinos that Yokohama City is aiming to attract, have begun signing activities for Mayor Fumiko Hayashi's recall = dismissal request.
The signing activity was started by a civic group that opposes the attraction of IR = integrated resort facilities including casinos, and on the 5th, about 40 members gathered in front of Sakuragicho station in Naka-ku, Yokohama, and the mayor's method is I didn't listen to the voices of the citizens and called for a signature because it was a problem.
According to the Yokohama City Election Commission, in order to carry out a referendum asking the mayor to dismiss, it is necessary to collect more than 490,000 signatures by December 5, based on the current number of voters. about it.
A man in his twenties who responded to the signature said, "The economy may be enriched at the casino, but I think it will be insecure."
Yumiko Hirokoshi, the representative of the civic group, said, "I feel that it is terrible to decide on my own without listening to the voices of the citizens. I will promote the movement so that the citizens of Yokohama can feel that it is their problem. I want to go. "
Regarding the invitation of IRs in Yokohama City, other civic groups are conducting signature activities with the aim of holding another referendum asking whether or not to attract them.
On the other hand, the city of Yokohama is formulating an implementation policy that includes the conditions for open recruitment of businesses, and the person in charge of the city says, "I would like to explain firmly so that the citizens can continue to understand." ..