More than half of respondents expect momentum in parliamentary debate over constitutional revision after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party¡¯s landslide victory in the House of Representatives election, a February poll by Jiji Press showed Thursday.
In the survey, 51.4% said they expect progress in deliberations on revising the Constitution. Another 23.1% said they do not expect progress, while 25.5% said they were unsure.
In the Feb. 8 Lower House election, the LDP clinched the two-thirds supermajority required to propose a constitutional amendment ¡ª an action that, if taken, would mark the first such proposal in Japan¡¯s history.
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