The Japanese Communist Party will ask the people to help it revamp a political setup that has been completely warped by the Liberal Democratic Party's rule, according to JCP leader Tetsuzo Fuwa.

"The major issue in this election is how to reform the currently stagnant system, including politics and economics, created under LDP rule," said Fuwa, who leads the nation's second-largest opposition party.

In an interview with The Japan Times, Fuwa said that, in concrete terms, the national budget should go more toward social security than public works, and this will be the JCP's key stand for the June 25 Lower House election.