みなさんこんばんは。香取市議会議員の、かとう裕太です。
2024年9月27日、総務政策常任委員会の所管事務調査で佐原中学校を訪れ、香取市選挙管理委員会による選挙出前講座と生徒会役員選挙を視察いたしました。
選挙出前講座では、実際の事例やクイズを交えながら、選挙とはどういったものか、1票の重みはどれほどのものなのか、わかりやすく説明されていました。
中学生のみなさんにとっても、印象に残る講座だったのではないかと思いますので、これからも選挙や政治について考えるきっかけになるといいなと思います。
その後、生徒会役員選挙の立会演説会も拝見しました。
生徒会長1人、副会長が1年生と2年生で4人ずつの定数の選挙でしたが、立候補者数が定数と同数だったため、信任投票での選挙となりました。
各候補者の思いがこもった演説と推薦者の熱が乗った応援演説が行われ、素晴らしい演説会だったと思います。
演説で述べたこと、演説に入れられなかったけれど強く持っている思いなどを大切にして生徒会運営に臨んでいっていただきたいと思います。
佐原中学校での視察を終えた後は、議会に戻ってそのまま総務政策常任委員会が開催されました。
終わったばかりの視察の振り返りや、今後の所管事務調査について話し合いました。
Observation of Election Outreach Class and Student Council Officer Election at Sawara Junior High School by the General Affairs and Policy Standing Committee
Good evening, everyone. I’m Yuta Kato, a member of the Katori City Council.
On September 27, 2024, as part of the jurisdictional investigation by the General Affairs and Policy Standing Committee, I visited Sawara Junior High School to observe an election outreach class conducted by the Katori City Election Management Committee and the student council officer election.
In the election outreach class, through real-life examples and quizzes, the students were given a clear explanation of what elections are and the significance of each vote.
I believe it was a memorable class for the junior high school students, and I hope it serves as an opportunity for them to start thinking about elections and politics in the future.
Afterward, I also observed the student council officer election campaign speeches.
The election was for one student council president and four vice-presidents from both the first- and second-year students. However, since the number of candidates matched the number of positions, the election was conducted as a vote of confidence.
The campaign speeches were filled with the passion of each candidate, and their supporters’ speeches were equally enthusiastic. It was a wonderful speech event.
I hope that the candidates cherish the ideas they expressed in their speeches, as well as those they couldn’t convey, as they take on their responsibilities in student council activities.
After concluding the observation at Sawara Junior High School, I returned to the council where the General Affairs and Policy Standing Committee was convened.
We reflected on the just-completed observation and discussed the future jurisdictional investigations.
