New Party Daichi (新党 大地 Shintō Daichi) (also known as New Party Big Earth) is a political party formed on August 18, 2005. The party is headed by former Liberal Democratic Party member Muneo Suzuki. Suzuki resigned from the LDP in June 2002 after being arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes. He was convicted of bribery and other charges the next year, and announced the party's creation while released on bail. He was critical of Junichiro Koizumi's policies and postal privatization.
Shinto Daichi is categorized as a political organization because it does not fulfill the criteria necessary to be recognized as a political party under the Public Offices Election Law. The party fielded one candidate from a single-seat district while Suzuki headed a roster of three candidates for the proportional representation constituency.
In the Japan general election, 2005 Muneo Suzuki was elected to a proportional seat in the Hokkaidō bloc.
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