大阪都構想住民投票　用紙に「大阪市を廃止」明記　解散総選挙なら日程前倒しも

Osaka City concept referendum clear state: “Abolish Osaka City” on the form.

Regarding the referendum that asks for the pros and cons of the "Osaka Metropolitan Plan" to abolish Osaka City and reorganize into four special wards, on September 7th, the City Election Commission to specify "Osaka City is abolished" on the ballot.

It was The city elections took into account that the city council adopted a petition stating that the city should be abolished. October 12th announcement and November 1st voting schedule were also decided, but if Mayor Ichiro Matsui decides to take the dissolution general election on October 25th, Mayor Matsui will move forward the referendum on the same day. It shows the intention to implement. 

If the referendum is carried out again, a petition requesting that "the abolition of Osaka City" be stated on the ballot, saying, "It is misleading that the special ward will be set up while the city continues to exist in the previous notation." Submitted and adopted by the Osaka City Council in May 2018. The city's jurisdiction decided from a number of law firms that it had no legal problem and decided on a policy to specify it.

According to city officials, Mayor Matsui, the representative of the Osaka Restoration Association, which promotes the concept of the city, sought to state "abolish Osaka City Hall, not the city," but did not change the city election.

Source: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200907/k00/00m/040/063000c