埼玉——前在野党重量级人物枝野幸男对组建新政治党持否定态度。
Saitama – Former Japanese opposition heavyweight Yukio Edano has sounded negative about forming a new political party.
周六，枝野在埼玉市与支持者举行的会议上谈及其未来政治活动时表示：“一旦政党成立，就应尽可能不再改变。我基本上在考虑如何珍视现有的政党。”枝野曾任内阁官房长官，在2月8日举行的众议院大选中，他以在野党“中间改革联盟”（CRA）公认候选人身份参选，未能保住众议院议员席位。
Discussing his future political activities at a meeting with his supporters in the city of Saitama on Saturday, Edano said, “Once a political party is established, it should not be changed as much as possible. I am basically thinking about how we should make much of parties that we have now.”Edano, former chief Cabinet secretary, failed to retain his House of Representatives seat in the Feb. 8 general election for the Lower House in which he ran on a ticket of the opposition Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA).
中间改革联盟于1月、在大选前夕由当时的在野党立宪民主党（CDP）和公明党的众议院议员组建。
The CRA was formed in January, in the lead-up to the election, by then Lower House members of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) and Komeito.
中间改革联盟最初计划在众议院大选后与立宪民主党和公明党合并。但在该党在大选中惨败后，合并计划取消，该党于9月实际上解散。原属立宪民主党的前中间改革联盟成员于当月晚些时候成立了新的在野党“民主改革党”。
The CRA initially planned to merge with the CDP and Komeito following the Lower House poll. But the integration plan was canceled in the wake of the CRA’s crushing defeat in the election, and the party was effectively disbanded in September. Former CRA members who are originally from the CDP launched the new opposition Democratic Reform Party later that month.
在周六的会议上，立宪民主党创始人枝野提及中间改革联盟的成立与实际解散，表示：“公众对政党重组的不信任感正在增强。”
At Saturday’s meeting, Edano, the founder of the CDP, mentioned the establishment and effective dissolution of the CRA, and said, “Public distrust of political realignment is growing.”
他说：“改变政党的结构或名称无法重获信任，”并补充称：“此类举动将适得其反。”“我自己希望回到立宪民主党成立的原点，”暗示了他有意重返该党。
“There is no way to regain trust by changing the structure or name of a party,” he said, adding, “Such moves would be counterproductive.”“I myself would like to return to the starting point of the establishment of the CDP,” hinting at his intention to rejoin the party.
在敦促立宪民主党和民主改革党尽快决定是否合并的同时，枝野表示：“基于立宪民主党的政策，我想就我自己的行动方针得出最终结论。”
While urging the CDP and the Democratic Reform Party to make a decision soon on whether they would merge, Edano said, “Based on the policy of the CDP, I want to reach a final conclusion on my own course of action.”