Today, AKB48 announce they will not hold General Election this year. For this issue, HKT48 member Sashihara Rino expresses her opinion about AKB48's decision:
"As a person who gets well-known by General Election... I understand the complicated feeling of members and fans who have been working hard for General Election, but, I think they can not hold General Election while there are still a lot of things they are not able to organize nor explain."
Original source: Sashihara Rino's Tweet
総選挙でみなさんに知ってもらえた自分としては…総選挙に向けて努力しているメンバーもファンの皆さんのこともわかっているので複雑です…。色々なことの整理、説明ができていない中での開催はもちろんできないので仕方がないと思っています。→
— 指原 莉乃 (@345__chan) March 13, 2019
