The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday rejected a suit filed last week by lawyers seeking an injunction against next month’s general election because of the vote-value disparity, which the Supreme Court has rules is in “a state of unconstitutionality.”
“There are no (applicable) provisions of laws, so the lawsuit itself is unlawful,” the district court said in handing down its decision.
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